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.
6-551: 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). This article about
12-478: A bridge on June 2, 1910. Quentin's thoughts are articulated with Faulkner's innovative stream-of-consciousness technique. In 1936, Faulkner published Absalom, Absalom! , which takes place before Quentin left for Harvard, in which Quentin attempts to solve and reflect on a mysterious tragedy in the past. Quentin Compson is also the name of his niece, the illegitimate daughter of his sister Candace (Caddy). A plaque on
18-514: A fictional character from a novel is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . See guidelines for writing about novels . Further suggestions might be found on the article's talk page . Quentin Compson Quentin Compson is a fictional character created by William Faulkner . He is an intelligent, neurotic, and introspective son of the Compson family . He is featured in
24-639: The Anderson Memorial Bridge (commonly but incorrectly called Larz Anderson Bridge) over the Charles River in Cambridge, Massachusetts, commemorates his life and death. The small brass plaque, the size of one brick, is located on the brick wall of the Eastern ( Weld Boathouse ) side of the bridge, just north of the middle of the bridge span, about eighteen inches from the ground in a small alcove. The text on
30-601: The classic novels The Sound and the Fury and Absalom, Absalom! as well as the short stories " That Evening Sun " and " A Justice ". After moving north to study at Harvard College , he eventually commits suicide by drowning himself in the Charles River . In 1929, Faulkner published The Sound and the Fury which chronicles Quentin's childhood in postbellum Mississippi as well as the last months of his life in Cambridge, Massachusetts at Harvard University, before hurling himself off
36-411: The plaque has slightly changed as a result of renovations to the bridge; its original and current (as of 2017) text reads: "QUENTIN COMPSON III June 2, 1910 Drowned in the fading of honeysuckle." This article about a fictional character from a novel is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . See guidelines for writing about novels . Further suggestions might be found on
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