Yoknapatawpha book 10 · 1951
Requiem for a Nun
Eight years after Sanctuary, Temple Drake is married, and her child’s nurse, Nancy Mannigoe, is to hang for killing the baby. Temple must face her own past.
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Book facts
- Author
- William Faulkner
- Series
- Yoknapatawpha, book 10 of 10
- Published
- 1951
- Setting
- Set in the fictional Jefferson, Mississippi
- Characters charted
- 2
- Chart confidence
- High
Who is in Requiem for a Nun
2 recurring or key characters from William Faulkner’s chart.
Lead 1
- Temple DrakeCollege girl
Major 1
- Gavin StevensCounty attorney