Snopes Trilogy
William Faulkner
HarperCollins Canada
<p>This special epub edition includes all three of William Faulkner's Snopes novels: <em>The Hamlet</em>, <em>The Town</em> and <em>The Mansion</em>, which follow the lives of the larger-than-life fictional Snopes family of Mississippi. The novels <em>The Hamlet</em> and <em>The Town</em> document the town of Jefferson and its environs as members of the Snopes family, headed by Flem Snopes, manipulate themselves into prominence within the community. In the trilogy's concluding novel, <em>The Mansion</em>, Flem's Machiavellian worldview puts him at risk when the consequences of his life finally begin to catch up to him.</p><p>Written during and after the Second World War, the Snopes novels explore themes about post-war life and economy, class struggles, and racial tensions in the American South. <em>The Hamlet</em> was loosely adapted into the film <em>The Long, Hot Summer</em> featuring Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward.</p><p>HarperPerennial Classics brings great works of...</p>