Clarence Snopes' Grandmother

Submitted by sfr on Tue, 2019-06-25 08:13
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295
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Clarence Snopes' Grandmother
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Snopes, Grandmother of Clarence
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Yes
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In the short story "By the People," Clarence Snopes' grandmother is identified as Billy Varner's "distant cousin by marriage," which helps explain Varner's interest in Clarence's career (130). (When Faulkner retells the story of Clarence as Varner's protege in The Mansion, his grandmother is not mentioned.)

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