The Hamlet: A Novel of the Snopes Family

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The Hamlet: A Novel of the Snopes Family is William Faulkner’s 1940 novel that inaugurates his Snopes trilogy, depicting the rise of the unscrupulous Snopes clan in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County.

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instanceOf novel ⓘ
alsoKnownAs The Hamlet ⓘ
author William Faulkner ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
depicts changing social order in the South ⓘ
economic exploitation ⓘ
rural Southern community ⓘ
focusesOn rise of the Snopes family ⓘ
followedBy The Mansion ⓘ
The Town ⓘ
follows none (first in series) ⓘ
genre Southern Gothic ⓘ
modernist fiction ⓘ
hasAuthorNationality American ⓘ
hasCharacterGroup Snopes family ⓘ
Varner family ⓘ
hasFictionalLocation Frenchman’s Bend ⓘ
hasPageCountApprox 400 ⓘ
hasSequel The Mansion ⓘ
The Town ⓘ
hasSubject family dynamics ⓘ
power and manipulation ⓘ
rural capitalism ⓘ
literaryCanonStatus major work of William Faulkner ⓘ
literaryMovement American modernism ⓘ
mainCharacter Ab Snopes ⓘ
Eula Varner ⓘ
Flem Snopes ⓘ
Will Varner ⓘ
narrativeForm multi-perspective narrative ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOfSeries Snopes trilogy ⓘ
placeOfPublication New York City ⓘ
publicationYear 1940 ⓘ
publisher Random House ⓘ
seriesPosition first novel in the Snopes trilogy ⓘ
setInPeriod late 19th century American South ⓘ
setting Yoknapatawpha County ⓘ
fictional Mississippi county ⓘ
theme class conflict in the American South ⓘ
corruption ⓘ
greed ⓘ
social ambition ⓘ

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The Hamlet → hasAlternativeTitle → The Hamlet: A Novel of the Snopes Family ⓘ