num_pages: 9
description: The story of Thomas Sutpen, the enigmatic stranger who came to Jefferson township in the early 1830s. With a French architect and a band of wild Haitians, he wrung a fabulous plantation out of the muddy bottoms of the north Mississippi wilderness.
language: English
title: Absalom, Absalom
titlecomplete: Absalom, Absalom
characters: Wash Jones, Quentin Compson III, Shreve, Ellen Coldfield, Jim Bond, Jason Compson III, Charles Bon, Thomas Sutpen, Judith Sutpen, Henry Sutpen, Rosa Coldfield
genres: Fiction, Southern Gothic, 20th Century, Classics, Southern, American, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Literature, Novels
ratings_count: 43575
places: Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi, Mississippi, The United States of America
publisher: Books on Tape