Absalom, Absalom!, 30 (Event)
Text:
Page Number:
30
Order within Page:
1
First 8-10 words of event:
It was at this time that he began to invite
Page Event Ends:
31
Era:
Antebellum (1831-1860)
Characters Present:
Characters Mentioned:
Narrative Status:
Narrated
Date:
Friday, January 1, 1836 to Monday, December 31, 1838
Summary:
"For three years" Sutpen lives on his plantation, unfinished but with "slave quarters and stables and smokehouses" and with cotton grown from seed provided by General Compson (29). He invites "parties of men" who hunt and drink in a very "masculine" existence (30). [SOURCE: Narrator; Rosa, Grandfather, Town]
Chronological Order:
83.50
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Cultural Issues:
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