The Wild Palms (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: William Faulkner
- First Published: 1939
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Tragicomedy
- Time of Work: 1927 and 1937
- Setting: The United States
- Genres: Long fiction, Satire
- Subjects: United States or Americans, Love or romance, Crime or criminals, 1920’s, 1930’s, Pregnancy, Cajuns, Robbery or robbers, Punishment, Abortion, Idealism, Floods, Innocence
- Locales: New Orleans, LA, Chicago, IL, Mississippi, Utah, Mississippi River
Characters Discussed
Harry Wilbourne, a twenty-seven-year-old intern working in a New Orleans hospital. He meets and falls in love with Charlotte Rittenmeyer, a local socialite and would-be artist. Harry has humble antecedents and has made his way through medical school on a $2,000 legacy left to him by his doctor father. Although he is unaccustomed to going out socially, he accompanies an acquaintance from the hospital to a party. Over the next several weeks, Harry’s natural reticence is swept away by Charlotte’s vivacity, and he agrees to run away with her. Their short,...
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