Gavin Stevens
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Character Key:
Display Name:
Gavin Stevens
Sort Name:
Stevens, Gavin
Parent:
Race:
White
Gender:
Male
Class:
Upper Class
Rank:
Major
Vitality:
Alive
Family:
Stevens
Family (new):
Occupation:
Administrative
Specific Job:
County Attorney
First Mentioned:
Other Texts:
Biography:
Gavin Stevens is one of Faulkner's favorite characters. A Harvard graduate, he chooses to stay close to home, serving as the County Attorney for Yoknapatawpha in several of Faulkner's texts. In this story, as in the other stories in Knight's Gambit, he acts as both amateur detective and crusader, helping the sheriff solve the mysteries of Ellie Flint's death and Joel Flint's identity. As he tells the sheriff, he's "interested in justice and human beings" (115).
Property Status:
owns house
Individual or Group:
Individual
Character changes class in this text:
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