▁ ▁The ▁novel ▁is ▁set ▁in ▁Fa ulk ner ' s ▁fict ional ▁Y ok nap ata w pha ▁County , ▁Mississippi ▁and ▁takes ▁place ▁in ▁May / J une ▁ 1 9 2 9 . ▁ ▁In ▁May ▁ 1 9 2 9 , ▁Hor ace ▁Ben bow , ▁a ▁lawyer ▁fr ustr ated ▁with ▁his ▁life ▁and ▁family , ▁suddenly ▁leaves ▁his ▁home ▁in ▁K inst on , ▁Mississippi , ▁and ▁h itch h ikes ▁his ▁way ▁back ▁to ▁Jefferson , ▁his ▁h omet own ▁in ▁Y ok nap ata w pha ▁County . ▁There , ▁his ▁wid owed ▁sister , ▁N arc issa ▁S art oris , ▁lives ▁with ▁her ▁son ▁and ▁her ▁late ▁husband ' s ▁great - a unt , ▁Miss ▁Jen ny . ▁On ▁the ▁way ▁to ▁Jefferson , ▁he ▁stops ▁for ▁a ▁drink ▁of ▁water ▁near ▁the ▁" Old ▁French man " ▁hom est ead , ▁which ▁is ▁occupied ▁by ▁the ▁boot leg ger ▁Lee ▁Good win . ▁Ben bow ▁enc oun ters ▁a ▁sin ister ▁man ▁called ▁Pope ye , ▁an ▁associate ▁of ▁Good win , ▁who ▁brings ▁him ▁to ▁the ▁decre pit ▁m ansion ▁where ▁he ▁meets ▁Good win ▁and ▁the ▁strange ▁people ▁who ▁live ▁there ▁with ▁him . ▁Later ▁that ▁night , ▁Ben bow ▁catch es ▁a ▁ride ▁from ▁Good win ' s ▁place ▁into ▁Jefferson . ▁He ▁arg ues ▁with ▁his ▁sister ▁and ▁Miss ▁Jen ny ▁about ▁leaving ▁his ▁wife , ▁and ▁meets ▁G owan ▁Stevens , ▁a ▁local ▁b ach elor