The Snopes Trilogy Series by William Faulkner

4.00 · 44 ratings
  • The Hamlet (The Snopes Trilogy #1)
    #1

    The Hamlet (The Snopes Trilogy #1)

    William Faulkner

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings · published 1940

    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... more

  • The Town (The Snopes Trilogy #2)
    #2

    The Town (The Snopes Trilogy #2)

    William Faulkner

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings · published 1957

    Continues Faulkner's tale of the Snopes family, set in rural, post-bellum Mississippi.

  • The Mansion (The Snopes Trilogy #3)
    #3

    The Mansion (The Snopes Trilogy #3)

    William Faulkner

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings · published 1959

    The Mansion completes Faulkner’s great trilogy of the Snopes family in the mythical county of Yoknapatawpha, Mississippi, which also includes The Hamlet and The Town. Beginning with the murder of Jack Houston, and ending with the murder of Flem Snopes, it traces the downfall of this indomitable post-bellum family, who managed to seize control of the town of Jefferson within a generation.

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