· The original typescript for "Knight's Gambit" dates to Faulkner sent a story of that name to his agent Harold Ober. The piece found no publisher. Half a dozen years later Faulkner decided to rewrite the tale, informing his agent, "I found what was wrong with the KNIGHT'S GAMBIT piece. It's not a short story, but a novella. Knight's Gambit is a collection of short stories by William Faulkner, all taking place in Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi and bringing to the forefront the brilliant crime deduction skills of the county lawyer Gavin Stevens as well as his uncanny knack to determine the motivations underlying each crime. In the words of Lawyer Stevens/5. Knight's Gambit — William Faulkner. Knight's Gambit. —. William Faulkner. “Why is it,” Gavin Stevens said, “that people of eighteen or almost -- are so convinced that octogenarians like me are incapable of accepting or respecting or even remembering what the young ones consider passion and love?”. Hopelessly in love with a woman who had contracted two misbegotten alliances, Gavin .
Click to read more about Knight's Gambit by William Faulkner. LibraryThing is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. About Knight's Gambit. Gavin Stevens, the wise and forbearing student of crime and the folk ways of Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi, plays the major role in these six stories of violence. In each, Stevens' sharp insights and ingenious detection uncover the underlying motives. Read An Excerpt. Read An Excerpt. first edition. NY, Random House, , first edition, first printing, dust jacket. Hardcover. Jacket designed by E. McKnight Kauffer, the title story appears here for the first time, Petersen A25b which notes that this is one of the Faulkner titles.
KNIGHT'S GAMBIT. by William Faulkner ‧ RELEASE DATE: J. Faulkner has produced in the past some of the most powerful, socially significant experimental writing that has come out of America — landmark in literature of the Deep South. But in this latest work one is aware of a blandness, a flatness that does not permit action to come through in a three-dimensional form. Knight's Gambit is a collection of short stories by William Faulkner, all taking place in Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi and bringing to the forefront the brilliant crime deduction skills of the county lawyer Gavin Stevens as well as his uncanny knack to determine the motivations underlying each crime. In the words of Lawyer Stevens. Anyone who is interested in detective fiction embodied in excellent writing with underlying universal themes of import regarding the human condition, and is likewise interested in reading very accessible Faulkner, should consider the short story collection Knight's Gambit. Faulkner's protagonist in the stories, Gavin Stevens, is an attorney, a county prosecutor who, like Mr. District Attorney of radio-TV fame, often takes a hands-on approach to solving crime, sometimes putting himself in.
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