Cover of The Sound and the Fury

The Sound and the Fury

by William Faulkner

1929 · literary fiction · children

Set in 1 place · 1 primary
Sense of Place
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Description · Open Library (CC0)

In many ways this was an experimental novel, using several differing narrative styles. Divided into four parts, the author relates the same episodes from four different viewpoints, using a different style for each. The story concerns various members of a Southern family, once wealthy landowners but now struggling to maintain their reputation.

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Also set in Oxford, Mississippi

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