Gavin Stevens
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Character Key:
Display Name:
Gavin Stevens
Sort Name:
Stevens, Gavin
Race:
White
Gender:
Male
Class:
Upper Class
Rank:
Major
Vitality:
Alive
Family:
Stevens
Family (new):
Occupation:
Administrative
Specific Job:
County Attorney
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Other Texts:
Biography:
Gavin Stevens, the county attorney, is the last representative of the pioneers who founded Yoknapatawpha County. Lonnie Grinnup had been the other living representative. Stevens goes "to look at the dead man’s face for a sentimental reason" (70). That sentiment initiates the Lonnie Grinnup murder case, because at the inquest for Lonnie Stevens smells something fishy. In his own way, which has clear connections to the traditions of literary detectives but also to the aristocratic idea of "noblesse oblige," Stevens proceeds to solve the mystery of Lonnie's death.
Individual or Group:
Individual
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