bow ▁S art oris , ▁a ka ▁" B ory " ▁– ▁N arc issa ' s ▁ten - year - old ▁son ▁ ▁Little ▁Belle ▁– ▁Hor ace ▁Ben bow ' s ▁step d augh ter ▁ ▁Miss ▁Lor raine , ▁Miss ▁My rt le ▁– ▁friends ▁of ▁Miss ▁Reb a ▁ ▁Development ▁Fa ulk ner ▁stated ▁that ▁he ▁wrote ▁the ▁novel ▁for ▁financial ▁gain ▁and ▁was ▁not ▁motiv ated ▁by ▁internal ▁passion . ▁He ▁did ▁the ▁first ▁draft ▁in ▁a ▁three - week ▁period ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 9 ▁and ▁later ▁made ▁a ▁new ▁version ▁with ▁ton ed - down ▁elements ▁when ▁the ▁publish er ▁expressed ▁rel uct ance ▁to ▁publish ▁the ▁original . ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁Mu hlen feld ▁initially ▁Temple ▁was ▁not ▁the ▁primary ▁character , ▁but ▁this ▁was ▁changed ▁in ▁a ▁revision . ▁E . ▁Paul ine ▁D egen fel der ▁of ▁Wor c ester ▁Public ▁School s ▁argued ▁that ▁Temple , ▁Pope ye , ▁and ▁Hor ace ▁were ▁all ▁main ▁characters ▁e ve ▁though ▁the ▁work ▁presented ▁itself ▁as ▁mainly ▁being ▁about ▁Temple . ▁ ▁Re ception ▁Most ▁reviews ▁described ▁the ▁book ▁as ▁hor r ific ▁and ▁said ▁that ▁Fa ulk ner ▁was ▁a ▁very ▁tal ented ▁writer . ▁Some ▁critics ▁also ▁felt ▁that ▁he ▁should ▁write ▁something ▁pleasant ▁for ▁a ▁change . ▁ ▁Fa ulk ner ▁once ▁head ed ▁a ▁tro op ▁of ▁Boy ▁Sc outs ▁but ▁the ▁administr ators ▁removed ▁him ▁from ▁his ▁position ▁after ▁the ▁release ▁of ▁the ▁book . ▁ ▁Gene ▁D