Colonel Sartoris
Text:
Character Key:
Display Name:
Colonel Sartoris
Sort Name:
Sartoris, Colonel
Parent:
AKA:
Bayard Sartoris II
Race:
White
Gender:
Male
Class:
Upper Class
Rank:
Minor
Vitality:
Dead
Family:
Sartoris
Family (new):
Occupation:
Management
Specific Job:
Bank President
First Mentioned:
Cause of Death:
Accident
Other Texts:
Biography:
The fact that this novel most often refers to Bayard Sartoris by what Faulkner elsewhere refers to as his "courtesy title" of "Colonel" may be confusing. This novel's "Colonel Sartoris" never served in any army, but as the son of John Sartoris, who was a Confederate colonel during the Civil War, he has inherited that title. Better known to most readers as "Bayard" or "Old Bayard," he is a major figure in the Yoknapatawpha fictions, and even narrates The Unvanquished (1938). In this novel he is merely mentioned several times, as the founder and first President of the new bank in Jefferson who was killed in a car accident.
Financial Status:
controls substantial wealth
Individual or Group:
Individual
Character changes class in this text:
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