William Faulkner. The Mansion. New York: Random House, [1959]. First edition, first printing. Octavo. 436 pages.<br/><br/>The Mansion Complete Faulkner's great trilogy of the Snopes family in the mythical country of Yoknapatawpa, Mississippi, which also includes The Hamlet and The Town. Beginning with the murder of Jack Houston, and ending with the murder of Flem Snopes, it traces the downfall of this indomitable post-bellum family who managed to seize control of the town of Jefferson within a generation.