Mrs. Patterson

Submitted by sfr on Mon, 2020-01-20 10:09
Character Key Number: 
1652
Display Name: 
Mrs. Patterson
Sort Name: 
Patterson, Mrs.
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?: 
Yes
Biography: 

In The Sound and the Fury the Pattersons live next door to the Compsons. Maury Bascomb has an affair with Mrs. Patterson when the Compson children are young. At least once Caddy takes her a letter from "Uncle Maury," and sometime later Benjy tries to deliver another. On that occasion we hear Mrs. Patterson call Benjy "you idiot" as she tries to grab the letter before her husband can reach him (13).

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