Absalom, Absalom!, 241 (Event)

Page Number: 
241
Order within Page: 
2
First 8-10 words of event: 
Today he finished robbing a drunken Indian
Page Event Ends: 
241
Era: 
Antebellum (1831-1860)
Narrative Status: 
Told
Date: 
Friday, June 7, 1833 to Friday, December 31, 1841
Summary: 

Shreve imagines the lawyer re-telling the Sutpen story as a series of financial memorandums on the "secret paper" he keeps in his office. The lawyer's entries refer to: Sutpen acquiring his land, his marriage to Ellen, the birth of his son and then his daughter. All these are entered in terms to the growing "val[ue]" of Sutpen's estate (241). [SOURCE: Shreve]

Chronological Order: 
55.00
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Keywords: 
Italics, Calculations, Secrecy, Scheming, Wealth, Materialism
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