The Town (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: William Faulkner
- First Published: 1957
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Psychological realism
- Time of Work: 1909-1927
- Setting: Jefferson, Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction
- Subjects: Family or family life, Power, personal or social, Suicide, South or Southerners, Nineteenth century, Class consciousness, Adultery, Mississippi, Greed, Ambition, Banks, bankers, or banking
- Locales: Yoknapatawpha County (fictive)
Characters Discussed
Flem Snopes, the shrewdest of the materialistic Snopes clan. After successfully taking over the hamlet of Frenchman’s Bend, Flem lets his desire for respectability master his voracious thirst for money, and he begins a systematic rise from restaurant owner to bank president in Jefferson. He marries Eula to secure Will Varner as an ally and permits an affair between Manfred de Spain and his wife to secure de Spain’s aid in his rise. When the proper time arrives, he uses this affair to remove de Spain and take his place as president of the bank.
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