Unnamed People of Frenchman's Bend 1
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918
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Unnamed People of Frenchman's Bend 1
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Unnamed People of Frenchman's Bend 1
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?:
Yes
Biography:
The rural and poor hamlet of Frenchman's Bend appears or is referred to in 18 different Yoknapatawpha fictions; this entry focuses on one of the texts that characterizes the people who live there as a group. When the narrator of Sanctuary first introduces the Old Frenchman's ruined mansion house, he identifies "the people of the neighborhood" around it as the ones who have been using its lumber for firewood and despoiling its grounds by digging for treasure (8).