William Faulkner

Traces the growing power of Flem Snopes, a white-trash farmer, in the Mississippi town of Frenchman's Bend.

These three full-length novels compose the Snopes trilogy. In "The Hamlet," the cunning Flem Snopes is introduced with other members of his conniving family. Flem's dream is to marry Eula Varner and remake the small world of Frenchman's Bend as his own personal kingdom. In "The Town," Flem sets his sights on the county seat of Yoknapatawpha County, Jefferson, in a ruthless bid for even more power. Finally, in "The Mansion," Mink Snopes brings down...

Captures the lives and passions of the Compsons, a once proud Southern family caught in a tragic spiral of loss and misfortune. Encapsulates the universal theme of the death of honor, social injustice and forbidden love.