Maurice Priest

Submitted by jbc@ku.edu on Wed, 2017-10-04 15:38
Text: 
The Town
Character Key: 
Maurice Priest
Display Name: 
Maurice Priest
Sort Name: 
Priest, Maurice
Race: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Class: 
Middle Class
Rank: 
Minor
Vitality: 
Alive
First Mentioned: 
Jefferson Opera House in The Town (Location)
Biography: 

Sally Priest's husband, Maurice, fights with Grenier Weddel and blacks one of his eyes for sending his wife "not just what Father called a standard panic-size corsage, but a triple one" (81). Then, at home, Maurice Priest blackens his wife's eye. (The Maury Priest who appears in The Reivers is apparently a different character.)

Note: 
In the 1964 edition of The Town, Maurice Priest is Maurice Parsons.
Individual or Group: 
Individual
Character changes class in this text: 

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