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Welcome to Yoknapatawpha County:
County seat Jefferson ... Notable family names include Compson, Sartoris, Sutpen, Stevens, Coldfield, Benbow, Grierson, Bundren, De Spain, and Snopes ... Once inhabited and later ceded by the Chickasaw tribe, first settled by Europeans ca. 1811 ... Bounded on the north by the Tallahatchie River, on the south by the Yoknapatawpha River ... Area 2400 square miles ... Population (1936): Whites, 6298, Negroes, 9313 ... Address ofWilliam Faulkner, RAF cadet, Nobel laureate,Sole Owner and Proprietor. "The past is never dead. It's not even past."
—Gavin Stevens
Act I, Scene III, Requiem for a Nun
You may now use the Faulkner QuickLink drop-down menu to go immediately to information on a specific work. Or browse the categories below.
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