The Sound and the Fury
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William Faulkner
The tragedy of the Compson family, featuring some of the most memorable characters in literature: beautiful, rebellious Caddy; the manchild Benjy; haunted, neurotic Quentin; Jason, the brutal cynic; and Dilsey, their black servant. Their lives fragmented and harrowed by history and legacy, the character’s voices and actions mesh to create what is arguably Faulkner’s masterpiece and one of the greatest novels of the twentieth century.
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Author
William Faulkner
Pages
427
Publisher
Vintage Books
Published Date
1956
ISBN
0394700058 9780394700052
Ratings
Google: 3.5
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"This should take you around 6 hours and 25 minutes to read at 200 words per minute."
Amanda Blacksmith
"The first section of this book knocked me off my rocker and left me thrashing on the way down. I loved the use of time, memory and repetition in the entire novel. I read the racist perspectives in this is through gritted teeth… but Faulkner’s frankness was so sobering the perspective felt somehow brand new. This book contextualized a lot of the old attitudes of station, class and race from truly miserable characters. These characters desperately needed to hold themselves above others to feel alive and well in a changing American, but specifically American south."
Imani Rosario
"Good stuff a fav"
Marissa Burkman
