Absalom, Absalom!, 279 (Event)

Page Number: 
279
Order within Page: 
2
First 8-10 words of event: 
"And so you and the old dame, the Aunt Rosa,
Page Event Ends: 
280
Era: 
Turn of the Century (1890-1913)
Narrative Status: 
Told
Date: 
Monday, September 6, 1909
Summary: 

Shreve begins speaking again, shifting the narrative's time and place to the night in September, 1909, when Quentin and Rosa made the journey out to the Sutpen place - the "inviolate and rotted mausoleum" where Clytemnestra kept a secret for Sutpen. [SOURCE: Shreve]

Chronological Order: 
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Indeterminate Date Range: 
Keywords: 
Narrative_Shift, Journey, Haunted_House, Night, Secret, Photograph

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