num_pages: 409
description: 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.
language: English
title: The Hamlet
titlecomplete: The Hamlet (The Snopes Trilogy, #1)
characters: Will Warner, Flem Snopes, Ab Snopes
genres: 20th Century, American, Southern, Literary Fiction, Novels, Southern Gothic, Literature, Classics, The United States Of America, Fiction
ratings_count: 5382
places: Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi
series: The Snopes Trilogy
publisher: Vintage International