(Miss) Quentin
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Character Key:
Display Name:
(Miss) Quentin
Sort Name:
Quentin, (Miss)
Race:
White
Gender:
Female
Class:
Upper Class
Rank:
Secondary
Vitality:
Alive
Family:
Compson
Family (new):
First Mentioned:
Date of Birth:
Sunday, January 1, 1911 to Tuesday, February 28, 1911
Other Texts:
Biography:
Caddy's illegitimate daughter Quentin is named after her uncle, Quentin Compson III. The "Appendix" reports that she is "doomed to be unwed" (341). At age 17, she steals nearly seven thousand dollars from her uncle, Jason Compson IV, and runs away with a pitchman from a visiting carnival. Like her mother, she simply "vanished," but the text cautions that, "whatever occupation overtook her" would not appear in the glamorous forms that her mother's has taken (342).
Note:
CUT: The text, however, indicates that her future will not be all fun: her lover is "already under sentence for bigamy" (342).
CUT: One wonders, however, whether she might enjoy her future more than her glamorous mother does hers.
Individual or Group:
Individual
Character changes class in this text:
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