Absalom, Absalom!, 172 (Event)

Page Number: 
172
Order within Page: 
4
First 8-10 words of event: 
although it had stood there empty and unthreatening
Page Event Ends: 
173
Era: 
Turn of the Century (1890-1913)
Characters Present: 
Narrative Status: 
Told
Date: 
Tuesday, January 1, 1895 to Monday, December 31, 1900
Notes: 

Shreve seems to be responsible for the entire italicized passage pages 171-74, but it seems extremely unlikely that he would have known about an event like this, the strangers from Arkansas passing through Yoknapatawpha, even after Quentin apparently already told him a lot about the Sutpen story before Jan 1910. There's no other possible source but Shreve, however, since Quentin is referred to as "you" in this passage.

Summary: 

One night "twenty-six years" after the Sutpen house was empty, "a wagon full of strangers" tries to spend the night there but drive away quickly after "something happened" (172). [SOURCE: Shreve]

Chronological Order: 
464.00
Indeterminate Date Range: 
Keywords: 
Italics, Haunted_House, Narrative_Ambiguity

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