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The Reivers: Manuscript, Vol. 1

By Michael Millgate
Garland
Hardcover
ISBN: 0824068343
Published 1987

The Reivers: Manuscript, Vol. 2

By Michael Millgate
Garland
Hardcover
ISBN: 0824068351
Published 1987

The Reivers: A Concordance to the Novel

By Noel Polk
UMI Research Press
ISBN: 0835709477
Published 1991

Contents

	The Title
	Character List

The Title

While writing the book, Faulkner titled it "The Horse Stealers: A Reminiscence," but changed it to "The Reavers," from the word "reave": "to rob, plunder, or pillage." Still not satisfied, he wrote his editor at Random House to suggest a further variation:

"I have finished the mss. and will send it along in a day or so. The title for what they are doing would be

The Stealers.

The title I have now is

The Reavers

But there is a old Scottish spelling which I like better:

The Rievers (maybe Reivers)

This sounds more active, swashing, than Reavers, which is the American word meaning the same, but it sounds too peaceful, bucolic: too much like Weavers. Will you see about Rievers (Reivers) if we can use that form?"

(Blotner, Selected Letters 456)

Character List

Names in bold face indicate major or significant characters.

Acheron Alice Avant, Jim Ballenbaugh I Ballenbaugh II Ballenbaugh, Miss Ballott Beauchamp, Bobo Beauchamp, Lucas Quintus Carothers McCaslin Binford, Mr. Bookwright, Calvin Briggins, Lycurgus Briggins, Mary Buffaloe, Mr. Caldwell, Sam Callie, “Aunt” Charley Christian Clapp, Walter Compson, General Coppermine de Spain, Major de Spain, Manfred Doom Ed Edmonds, Louisa Edmonds, McCaslin Edmonds, Zachary Ephum Ewell, Walter Fathers, Sam Fittie, Aunt Gabe Grenier, Louis Grinnup, old Dan Hampton Hampton, Hub (Little Hub) Hightower, Hiram Hogganbeck, Boon Hobbanceck, Everbe Corinthia (Miss Corrie) Hogganbeck, Lucius Priest Hood, Uncle Parsham (“Possum”) Issetibbeha Jackie Legate, Bob Lessep, “Grandfather” Lessep, “Grandmother” Lessep, Alexander Lightning Linscomb, Colonel

Lovemaiden, Butch Ludus Luster Lytle, Horace McCaslin, Cousin McCaslin, Delphine McCaslin, Isaac (Cousin Ike) McCaslin, Lancaster McCaslin, Lucius Quintus Carothers (Old L. Q. C.) McCaslin, Ned William McCaslin, Theophilus McDiarmid McWillie Minnie Moketubbe Otis Parsham Peabody, Dr. Peyton, George Poleymus Powell, John Priest, Alexander Priest, Allison Lessep Priest, Lessep Priest, Lucius (Grandfather, Boss) Priest, Lucius (Loosh) Priest, Maury, Jr. Priest, Maury, Sr. Priest, Sarah Edmonds Rainey, Paul Reba, Miss (Mrs. Binford) Rhodes, Miss Rouncewell Rouncewell, Mrs. Sartoris, Colonel Sartoris, Colonel John Snopes, Flem Stevens, Judge Sutpen, Thomas Tennie's Jim Thomas, Son Van Tosch Vera Virgil Watts, Birdie Winbush, Mac Wordwin Wyott Wyott I

The Mansion

Flags in the Dust

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