The Hamlet a novel of the Snopes family

Author:William FaulknerTitle: The Hamlet Series:Snopes #1Genre: Fiction, LiteraturePublisher:Vintage International; Random HouseIdentifier:9780307792204, asin:B004JHYS44Grade:retailLength:321 pagesPaperback, 409 pagesPublished: 1940Edition: Vintage International (1991) The Snopes Trilogy - The Hamlet (1940), 409 pages- The Town (1957), 371 pages- The Mansion (1959), 448 pages"The Hamlet", the first novel of Faulkner's Snopes trilogy, is both an ironic take on classical tragedy and a mordant commentary on the grand pretensions of the antebellum South and the depths of its decay in the aftermath of war and Reconstruction. It tells of the advent and the rise of the Snopes family in Frenchman's Bend, a small town built on the ruins of a once-stately plantation. Flem Snopes -- wily, energetic, a man of shady origins -- quickly comes to dominate the town and its people with his cunning and guile.Oct 2023 - epub verified by zardox.ABC : 1author_fullsort : William Faulknerereader : addFixed : YesGrade : retailIdentified : 9780307792204isbn_asin : B004JHYS44isbn_isbn : 9780307792204jacket : Yesmr_sort : William Faulkner [Snopes 01] The HamletPages : 321title_fullsort : The HamletWords : 145049 Author: William Faulkner Title: The Hamlet Series: Snopes #1 Genre: Fiction, Literature Publisher: Vintage International; Random House Identifier: 9780307792204, asin:B004JHYS44 Grade: retail Length: 321 pages Paperback, 409 pages Published: 1940 Edition: Vintage International (1991) The Snopes Trilogy - The Hamlet (1940), 409 pages - The Town (1957), 371 pages - The Mansion (1959), 448 pages "The Hamlet", the first novel of Faulkner's Snopes trilogy, is both an ironic take on classical tragedy and a mordant commentary on the grand pretensions of the antebellum South and the depths of its decay in the aftermath of war and Reconstruction. It tells of the advent and the rise of the Snopes family in Frenchman's Bend, a small town built on the ruins of a once-stately plantation. Flem Snopes -- wily, energetic, a man of shady origins -- quickly comes to dominate the town and its people with his cunning and guile. Oct 2023 - epub verified by zardox. Traces the growing power of Flem Snopes, a white-trash farmer, in the Mississippi town of Frenchman's Bend