Absalom, Absalom!, 7 (Event)

Page Number: 
7
Order within Page: 
2
First 8-10 words of event: 
a part of the town's - Jefferson's - eighty years' heritage
Page Event Ends: 
7
Era: 
Antebellum (1831-1860)
Characters Mentioned: 
Narrative Status: 
Narrated
Date: 
Saturday, June 1, 1833 to Thursday, September 30, 1909
Summary: 

The way Sutpen arrived in Jefferson as a complete stranger, created his plantation "apparently out of nothing," married and had children whose lives were defined by a mysterious killing - this story was still part of the town's "heritage" 80 years later (7).

Chronological Order: 
42.10
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