Maury Priest

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Display Name: 
Maury Priest
Sort Name: 
Priest, Maury
Race: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Class: 
Upper Class
Rank: 
Secondary
Vitality: 
Alive
Family: 
McCaslin
Family (new): 
Occupation: 
Sales and Service
Specific Job: 
Livery Stable Owner
Biography: 

Like William Faulkner's father Murry, Lucius' father Maury owns a livery stable. Maury Priest displays considerable force of character in the novel's first chapter, when he handles the trouble caused by Boon's rash anger. And the "gentlemanly" way he treats even his black employees is worth noting (8). But after that he becomes almost invisible, even before departing with the rest of the adults in the family for Bay St. Louis. In what the narrative says about his affinity for local idlers (38), there is an implied comparison between his lack of ambition and his own father's commanding presence.

Property Status: 
owns house
owns business
Social Status: 
has influential social contacts (family, business, political)
Individual or Group: 
Individual
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