The Sound and the Fury

326 pages

English language

Published Aug. 6, 1990 by Vintage Books.

ISBN:
978-0-679-73224-2
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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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