Jabez Stone

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Jabez Stone is the New Hampshire farmer in Stephen Vincent Benét’s short story "The Devil and Daniel Webster" who famously sells his soul to the Devil and later fights to win it back.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
literary character
appearsIn All That Money Can Buy NERFINISHED
The Devil and Daniel Webster NERFINISHED
associatedWith Daniel Webster NERFINISHED
Mr. Scratch NERFINISHED
basedOnWork The Devil and Daniel Webster NERFINISHED
conflictType legal trial
supernatural conflict
contractDuration seven years
country United States of America
surface form: United States
creator Stephen Vincent Benét NERFINISHED
ethnicity American
fictionalUniverse The Devil and Daniel Webster NERFINISHED
firstAppearanceYear 1936
firstPublicationIn The Saturday Evening Post NERFINISHED
gender male
genreOfWork fantasy literature
short story
hasAdaptation film adaptation All That Money Can Buy
stage adaptations of The Devil and Daniel Webster
helpedBy Daniel Webster NERFINISHED
languageOfWork English
legalConflictWith the Devil NERFINISHED
literaryMovement American literature
literaryTradition Faustian bargain
makesDealWith the Devil NERFINISHED
moralTheme American ideals of justice
redemption
the value of the human soul
motiveForDeal escape bad luck
seek prosperity
narrativeRole protagonist
nationalityInFiction American
occupation farmer
opposedBy Mr. Scratch NERFINISHED
publisherOfFirstAppearance The Saturday Evening Post NERFINISHED
representedBy Daniel Webster NERFINISHED
residence New Hampshire NERFINISHED
resolution wins back his soul
sells soul
settingRegion New England NERFINISHED
shortStoryAuthor Stephen Vincent Benét NERFINISHED
storySetting 19th-century New Hampshire NERFINISHED
symbolizes ordinary people tempted by evil
the common American farmer

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