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:
Professional
Specific Job:
Lawyer
First Mentioned:
Date of Birth:
Wednesday, January 1, 1890 to Wednesday, December 31, 1890
Origin:
Jefferson
Real?:
No
Other Texts:
Biography:
Gavin Stevens is a lawyer, working and living in Jefferson. Throughout much of Faulkner's work Gavin is depicted as a bachelor, fond of small talk, often pretentious, on the porches of stores in town. It is often noted that Gavin studied at Harvard and Heidelberg. Afterwards he returned to Mississippi to get a degree from "the state-university law school" (89), which he uses to solve mysteries and pursue justice in Yoknapatawpha.
Individual or Group:
Individual
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