The Unvanquished is a novel by the American author William Faulkner, set in Yoknapatawpha County. It tells the story of the Sartoris family, who first appeared in the novel Sartoris . The Unvanquished takes place before that story, and is set during the American Civil War. Principal characters are Bayard Sartoris, John Sartoris , Granny, Ringo , Ab Snopes, Cousin Drusilla, Aunt Jenny, Louvinia, and the lieutenant . The Unvanquished was first published as a whole in 1938, but consists of seven short stories, which were originally published separately in The Saturday Evening Post, except where... noted: The Unvanquished is told in seven episodes—sometimes immediately following one another, other times separated by months or years—spanning the years 1862 to 1873. The book begins with Bayard Sartoris and his slave friend Ringo playing in the dirt on the Sartoris plantation. A slave named Loosh smugly interrupts their game, hinting that Union armies have entered northeastern Mississippi, near their town of Jefferson.
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| Author: | William Faulkner |
| Genre: | Novel, Fiction |
| Year published: | 1940 |
| Number of editions: | 5 |