Absalom, Absalom!
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First published AD 1936, written in American English
Absalom, Absalom! is a Southern Gothic novel by the American author William Faulkner. It was first published in 1936. Taking place before, during, and after the American Civil War, it focuses on the rise and fall of Thomas Sutpen, a plantation owner in the American South, as told by several unreliable narrators many years later.
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Where it is set
- Mississippi
United States
Absalom, Absalom! details the rise and fall of Thomas Sutpen, a white man born into poverty in western Virginia who moves to Mississippi with the dual goals of gaining wealth and becoming a powerful family patriarch. Source: Wikipedia, reviewed
- Harvard College
United States
The story is told entirely in flashbacks narrated mostly by Quentin Compson to his roommate Shreve at Harvard College Source: Wikipedia, reviewed
- University of Mississippi
United States
Henry goes to the University of Mississippi and meets fellow student Charles Bon, who is 10 years his senior. Source: Wikipedia, reviewed
