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The Robber Bridegroom
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Legendary figures of Mississippi's past—flatboatman Mike Fink and the dreaded Harp brothers—mingle with characters from Eudora Welty's own imagination in an exuberant fantasy set along the Natchez Trace. Berry-stained bandit of the woods Jamie Lockhart steals Rosamond, the beautiful daughter of pioneer planter Clement Musgrove, to set in motion this frontier fairy tale.
"For all her wild, rich fancy, Welty writes prose that is as disciplined as it is beautiful" (New Yorker)
"For all her wild, rich fancy, Welty writes prose that is as disciplined as it is beautiful" (New Yorker)
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“This little tale was such a delight. Read it for classics Bookclub. Found myself swept up in the story that often felt like a tall tale.
Alls well that ends well. Loved characters & enjoyed the sweetness at the end.”
“Tulane University has in its archives an undated news clipping describing a fishing or boating trip https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7973.Eudora_Welty and https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3535.William_Faulkner took together, a friend date, probably in the 1940s. Perhaps the university posted online this newspaper article with the hope that someone might be able to date this article. I believe it was found among Welty's mementos.
When I saw this article, I had to find out if there was anymore information about the article. I just knew I would find that information important. It is within the realm of possibility that during this drinking and boating/fishing trip that Welty and Faulkner imagined together this story originally Welty's.
Tulane's archivist could give me no more information. Drats. Super drats.
If not during this friendship date, then during another time these two Southern greats collaborated on this story. I am almost sure of it.
Jackson where Welty lived is almost a non drive to the Natchez Trace. The dramatic high jinxes would be a piece of fun for Faulkner.
I envision a conversation that consisted of these elements:
The friends each love Grimms' fairytales. Welty wants to write a fairytale set on the Natchez Trace, maybe a variation of the https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24874358.The_Robber_Bridegroom . It's perfect for a 19th-century Trace story with all those daring and mean characters. Downright bad says Faulkner. Together they work out that the story should have a happy ending so the story would be fun to write and to read, easy to get published. Welty describes the whimsy and the willful young woman. Faulkner contributes the Shakespearean part, a character kinda sorta like Bottom of https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1622.A_Midsummer_Night_s_Dream . Welty goes home writes, mails over to Faulkner, Faulkner adds his two cents, and the rest is history, or some whimsical fantastical version. . . .”
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