Julia and Maud

In Julia and Maud, author Joyce Faulkner presents a compellingtale told by Archie Biggs, the "steadfast," yet conflicted Huck Finntypenarrator. Biggs, often at the center of the action, whether hewants to be or not, reveals his own bias, while also showing theperspectives of complicated citizens during an evolutionary 1890sFort Smith. The ebb and flow of popular opinion and the sixdegreesof separation which connect characters throughoutparallels many political stories and the ambitions throughoutArkansas history to the present. Readers are empathetic to thenarrator, whose dialectal perspective, youth, and honor, are clearthroughout. Some readers may find empathy for Maud, asreminded by Faulkner, this story has many sides.