Sutpen's Daughter
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Sutpen's Daughter
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Sutpen, Unnamed Daughter of Thomas
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Judith Sutpen
Race:
White
Gender:
Female
Class:
Upper Class
Rank:
Peripheral
Vitality:
Alive
Family:
Sutpen
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Date of Birth:
Sunday, October 3, 1841 to Monday, February 12, 1844
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Biography:
When Bayard writes about Sutpen that "his son killed his daughter's fiance on the eve of the wedding and vanished" (222), he is summing up the mystery that creates much of the narrative of Faulkner's previous novel, Absalom, Absalom! (1936). Though never given a name in this novel, that daughter is Judith.
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Judith is the daughter of Thomas and Ellen Sutpen.
The plot of Absalom! Absalom! is summarized here: "his son [Henry] killed his daughter's [Judith] fiancé [Charles Bon] on the eve of the wedding and vanished" (222).
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Individual
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