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Yoknapatawpha County is a fictional county create by American author William Faulkner as a setting for many of his novels. It is widely believed by scholars that Lafayette County, Mississippi is the basis for Yoknapatawpha County. Faulkner would often refer to it as "my apocryphal county."

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  • The trilogy of "The Hamlet", "The Town" & "The Mansion" was set in this mythical county

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