Knight’s Gambit

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"Knight’s Gambit" is a collection of detective stories by William Faulkner featuring lawyer Gavin Stevens and set in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book
short story collection
author William Faulkner
authorNationality American
containsStory An Error in Chemistry
Hand Upon the Waters
Knight’s Gambit (novella)
linked to: Knight’s Gambit

Monk
Smoke
Tomorrow
countryOfSetting United States
featuresCharacter Gavin Stevens
fictionalGenreContext Southern Gothic
genre crime fiction
detective fiction
hasDetectiveFigure Gavin Stevens
hasFictionalUniverse Yoknapatawpha County cycle
linked to: Yoknapatawpha saga
hasLegalContext courtroom and legal investigations
hasRecurringSetting Jefferson, Yoknapatawpha County
hasStructure collection of interrelated stories
hasTheme Southern society
crime investigation
justice
morality
isSetInFictionalPlaceCreatedBy William Faulkner
language English
literaryPeriod 20th-century American literature
mainCharacter Gavin Stevens
mediaType print
narrativeForm prose
partOfAuthorOeuvre Yoknapatawpha County series
linked to: Yoknapatawpha saga
placeOfPublication United States
protagonistName Gavin Stevens
protagonistOccupation lawyer
publicationYear 1949
publisher Random House
setting Yoknapatawpha County
settingType fictional county
timePeriodOfSetting early 20th century

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Yoknapatawpha County appearsInWork Knight’s Gambit
Jefferson, Mississippi appearsIn Knight’s Gambit
Knight’s Gambit containsStory Knight’s Gambit (novella)
linked to: Knight’s Gambit
Sartoris family appearsIn Knight’s Gambit
Stevens family appearsInWork Knight’s Gambit
Stevens family appearsInWork “Knight’s Gambit” (novella)
linked to: Knight’s Gambit
Gavin Stevens appearsIn Knight’s Gambit
Gavin Stevens appearsIn “Knight’s Gambit” (novella)
linked to: Knight’s Gambit