Unnamed Argentine Steeple-Chaser

Submitted by ben.robbins@fu-... on Tue, 2017-10-31 09:09
Text: 
The Mansion
Character Key: 
Sebastian Gualdres
Display Name: 
Unnamed Argentine Steeple-Chaser
Sort Name: 
Unnamed Argentine Steeple-Chaser
AKA: 
Sebastian Gualdres
Race: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Class: 
Indeterminable
Rank: 
Minor
Vitality: 
Alive
Occupation: 
Armed Forces
Specific Job: 
Argentine Cavalry Officer
First Mentioned: 
Stevens-Mallison House in The Mansion (Location)
Origin: 
Argentina
Other Texts: 
"Knight's Gambit"
Biography: 

An Argentinian "steeple-chasing cavalry officer" whom the Backus family meet when World War II shifts their travel itinerary from Europe to South America (282). The Mansion briefly rehearses the story that Faulkner tells at length in "Knight's Gambit," about a brother's plot against this man's life and its happy ending in a marriage between the South American and a sister (282).

Ethnicity: 
Hispanic
Individual or Group: 
Individual
Character changes class in this text: 

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