The Mansion (novel)
 First edition | |
| Author | William Faulkner |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | Snopes trilogy |
| Publisher | Random House |
Publication date | 1959 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 452 |
| ISBN | 0-394-70282-4 |
| OCLC | 2572834 |
| Preceded by | The Town |
| Followed by | The Reivers |
The Mansion is a novel by the American author William Faulkner, published in 1959. It is the last in a trilogy of books about the fictional Snopes family of Mississippi, following The Hamlet and The Town. It charts the downfall of Flem Snopes at the hands of his relative Mink Snopes, in part aided by Flem's deaf Spanish-Civil-War-veteran daughter, Linda Snopes.
Themes
The Mansion deals with the South's displaced economic landscape in the first half of the twentieth century, rural populism, and racial and social tensions.
See also
| Preceded by The Town |
Novels set in Yoknapatawpha County | Succeeded by The Reivers |
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