Mrs. Allison

Submitted by sfr on Mon, 2020-03-09 08:15
Character Key Number: 
3408
Display Name: 
Mrs. Allison
Sort Name: 
Allison, Mrs.
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?: 
Yes
Biography: 

"The only sister of old Major de Spain," Mrs. Allison in The Mansion is "a bed-ridden old woman living in Los Angeles" (463). She and her daughter end up owning 'the mansion' after which the novel is named. (If in Faulkner's imagination she is related to the Allison family that appears in the earlier short story "Beyond," the text doesn't say so.)

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