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Character · Yoknapatawpha County · 5 books

Gavin Stevens

County attorney · William Faulkner

Gavin Stevens is the county attorney of Jefferson, a talkative, Harvard-educated idealist.

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Character facts

First appearance
Go Down, Moses (1942)
Latest appearance
The Mansion (1959)
Books
5 (4 major, 1 minor)
Series
Yoknapatawpha, Snopes
Author
William Faulkner
Circle
Yoknapatawpha County

Where to meet Gavin Stevens

Gavin Stevens first appears in Go Down, Moses (1942), in a minor role, book 8 of the Yoknapatawpha series.

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Every book with Gavin Stevens

In publication order, with the size of their role in each.

  1. 1942·Go Down, Mosesminor role · YoknapatawphaBuy
  2. 1948MIntruder in the Dustmajor role · YoknapatawphaBuy
  3. 1951MRequiem for a Nunmajor role · YoknapatawphaBuy
  4. 1957MThe Townmajor role · SnopesBuy
  5. 1959MThe Mansionmajor role · SnopesBuy

Appears most often with

CharacterBooks together
Flem SnopesRuthless rising man2
Lucas BeauchampProud Black farmer2
V. K. RatliffSewing-machine salesman2