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Snopes Trilogy
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Here, for the first time published in a single volume as Faulkner always hoped they would be, are the three novels that compose the famous Snopes trilogy, a saga that stands as perhaps the greatest feat of Faulkner's imagination. The Hamlet , the first book of the series chronicling the... read more
Books in This Collection
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The Hamlet
by William Faulkner (Author)The Hamlet, the first novel of Faulkner's Snopes trilogy, is both an ironic take on classical tragedy and a mordant commentary on the grand pretensions of the antebellum South and the depths of its decay in the aftermath of war and...
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The Town
by William Faulkner (Author)This is the second volume of Faulkner's trilogy about the Snopes family, his symbol for the grasping, destructive element in the post-bellum South. Like its predecessor The Hamlet and its successor The Mansion, The Town is completely...
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The Mansion
by William Faulkner (Author)This completes the great trilogy of the Snopes family in Yoknapatawpha and traces the downfall of this indomitable post-bellum family.
Setting & Locations edit
First Sentence edit
Frenchman’s Bend was a section of rich river-bottom country lying twenty miles southeast of Jefferson.
Series & Lists edit
This book is in Snopes Trilogy. (standard series)
Authors & Contributors edit
- William Faulkner (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: PS3511.A86 A6
- Dewey: 813.52
Subjects edit
- Books › Literature & Fiction › World Literature › United States › Classics › Faulkner, William
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Authors, A-Z › ( F ) › Faulkner, William
- Books › Literature & Fiction › History & Criticism › Criticism & Theory
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Classics
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Contemporary
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Classics
Links to Supplemental Material edit
- Book and Film Review: Snopes is often referred to as a trilogy, but like The Lord of the Rings, it is really one book. Not quite the same, in that LOTR was written at one time and arbitrarily split for publishing reasons. Snopes was envisioned as one large work that was written (and published) over a large stretch of time. But letters from Faulkner indicate that he had the entire concept planned and plotted as far back as 1938. He even had realized that he had inconsistencies in the chronology before The Hamlet was even published. But still he worked at it. The first attempt at it was Father Abraham, begun in 1925 and the final volume, The Mansion, was published in 1959. It is the epic tale of one man, Flem Snopes, and his trail through Yoknapatawpha County. It is at once, his most epic undertaking and his funniest work.
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