Mrs. Snopes' Infant Daughter
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Character Key:
Display Name:
Mrs. Snopes' Infant Daughter
Sort Name:
Snopes, Daughter of Mrs. Snopes
Parent:
AKA:
Linda Snopes
Linda Snopes Kohl
Race:
White
Gender:
Female
Class:
Middle Class
Rank:
Minor
Vitality:
Alive
Family:
Snopes
Family (new):
First Mentioned:
Date of Birth:
Friday, May 1, 1925 to Thursday, December 31, 1925
Origin:
Texas
Biography:
Though this text doesn't say so, readers of the Snopes trilogy know that the "well-grown baby" girl (149-50) that Mrs. Snopes brings back to Yoknapatawpha from Texas is named Linda. Her father is identified in The Hamlet as Hoake McCarron. Linda herself plays a major role in the later parts of the trilogy. In this short story, however, this "baby" is merely referred to - though the text's references to Mrs. Snopes' "sudden marriage" as well as that reference to "well-grown" should alert readers to the fact that the "baby" is illegitimate (149).
Note:
Soon after Flem Snopes and Eula Varner wed, they move to Texas. In "Centaur in Brass," Eula returns to Mississippi, although to Jefferson instead of Frenchman's Bend with "a well-grown baby" (149-150). The clear implication is, of course, that Flem is not the child's biological father. We later learn in the Snopes trilogy that Linda's biological father is Hoake McCarron.
Individual or Group:
Individual
Character changes class in this text:
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