Varner family
Varner family, fictional characters in the novel The Hamlet (1940) by William Faulkner. The leading landholder in Frenchman’s Bend, Yoknapatawpha county, Miss., Will Varner is an aging, temperate lawyer who transfers many of his business affairs to his 30-year-old son, Jody. Varner’s vapid daughter Eula marries Flem Snopes, the novel’s avaricious working-class central character.
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Article Title:
Varner family
Website Name:
Encyclopaedia Britannica
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Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.
Date Published:
15 February 2011
Access Date:
March 14, 2025