Compson family

Fictional character

Compson family

First appearance| The Sound and the Fury
Created by| William Faulkner
In-universe information
Nationality| American

The Compson family is a fictional family created by American author William Faulkner for use in his novels and short stories. A once prominent family in Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi, the family began to fall on hard times in the twentieth century. Principally depicted in The Sound and the Fury and in its appendix, they also make appearances in Absalom, Absalom! and stories such as "That Evening Sun". The family name is also referred to briefly in the opening chapter of Requiem for a Nun. Faulkner traced their genealogy from 1699 to 1945.[1]

## Compson family members

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Jason Lycurgus Compson I; Quentin MacLachan Compson II (the Old Governor); Gen. Jason Lycurgus Compson II; Jason Richmond Lycurgus Compson III; his wife Caroline Bascomb Compson (–1933); their children Quentin (1891–1910), Jason (born 1894), Candace (known as Caddy), Benjamin (known as Benjy, originally named Maury before his name was changed) (1895–1936); Caddy's daughter (Miss) Quentin (born 1911).

## References

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1. ^ Padgett, John (October 9, 2000). "A Faulkner Glossary". University of Mississippi. Archived from the original on 12 May 2010. Retrieved 27 February 2010.

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William Faulkner

* Bibliography

Novels|

* Soldiers' Pay (1926)
* Mosquitoes (1927)
* Sartoris / Flags in the Dust (1929 / 1973)
* The Sound and the Fury (1929)
* As I Lay Dying (1930)
* Sanctuary (1931)
* Light in August (1932)
* Pylon (1935)
* Absalom, Absalom! (1936)
* The Unvanquished (1938)
* If I Forget Thee, Jerusalem (1939)
* The Hamlet (1940)
* Go Down, Moses (1942)
* Intruder in the Dust (1948)
* Requiem for a Nun (1951)
* A Fable (1954)
* The Town (1957)
* The Mansion (1959)
* The Reivers (1962)

Short story
collections|

* These 13 (1931)
* Knight's Gambit (1949)
* Collected Stories (1950)

Short stories|

* "Landing in Luck" (1919)
* "A Rose for Emily" (1930)
* "Red Leaves" (1930)
* "Dry September" (1931)
* "Spotted Horses" (1931)
* "That Evening Sun" (1931)
* "Mountain Victory" (1932)
* "Barn Burning" (1939)
* "The Tall Men" (1941)
* "Shingles for the Lord" (1943)

Screenplays|

* Flesh (1932)
* Today We Live (1933)
* Submarine Patrol (1938)
* To Have and Have Not (1944)
* The Big Sleep (1945)

Children's books|

* The Wishing Tree (1927)

Related|

* William Clark Falkner (great-grandfather)
* Rowan Oak home
* Papers and manuscripts
* William Faulkner Foundation
* Yoknapatawpha County
* Compson family
* Quentin Compson
* Louis Grenier
* Ikkemotubbe
* Gavin Stevens
* Thomas Sutpen
* Snopes trilogy
* Southern Renaissance
* Faux Faulkner contest
* PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
* Fiction, Film, and Faulkner

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