The sound and the fury the corrected text

The Sound and the Fury is 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 his...

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Main Author: Faulkner, William, 1897-1962
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Vintage Books, 1990.
Edition:1st Vintage International ed.
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Summary:The Sound and the Fury is 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.
Item Description:Originally published: Harrison Smith and Jonathan Cape, 1929.
"This new and corrected edition was originally published in hardcover, by Random House, Inc. in 1984"--T.p. verso.
Physical Description:326 p. ; 21 cm.
ISBN:0679732241 :
Author Notes:WILLIAM CUTHBERT FAULKNER was born in 1897 and raised in Oxford, Mississippi, where he spent most of his life. One of the towering figures of American literature, he is the author of The Sound and the Fury , Absalom, Absalom! , and As I Lay Dying , among many other remarkable books. Faulkner was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1950 and France's Legion of Honor in 1951. He died in 1962.