"Mule in the Yard", 253 (Event)
Text:
Page Number:
253
Order within Page:
5
First 8-10 words of event:
after a time she painted her house:
Page Event Ends:
253
Era:
The Twenties (1920-1929)
Characters Present:
Narrative Status:
Narrated
Date:
Thursday, May 1, 1924 to Wednesday, December 31, 1924
Notes:
"After a time" has been interpreted as a three-month time span.
The story is dated contemporary when Faulkner wrote it, which, according to Theresa Towner and James B. Carothers in _Reading Faulkner: Collected Stories_, "is uncertain, it may have been written in the late winter or early spring of 1933-34. The story was published in August 1934 by _Scribner's_" (133). This story was later incorporated into Chapter 16 of _The Town_ and narrated by Charles Mallison. The date of this day's events in _The Town_ would be 1927, the year that Eula Varner dies.
Summary:
Mrs. Hait paints her house.
Chronological Order:
11.00
Indeterminate Date Range:
Keywords:
railroad
widowhood
Actions:
Themes and Motifs:
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