Herman Bookwright

Submitted by sfr on Thu, 2019-08-01 09:32
Character Key Number: 
332
Display Name: 
Herman Bookwright
Sort Name: 
Bookwright, Herman
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?: 
Yes
Biography: 

There are both Bookwrights and Bookrights in Frenchman's Bend in various texts. Herman Bookwright appears in The Hamlet as one of Eula's fervent suitors, and one of the two young men from the Bend who leave the area "suddenly overnight" once it is discovered that she is pregnant - though Ratliff believes that both these young men were "just wishing they had" (140).

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