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The Sound and the Fury is a novel by the American author William Faulkner.It employs several narrative styles, including stream of consciousness.Published in 1929, The Sound and the Fury was Faulkner's fourth novel, and was not immediately successful.
The Sound and the Fury (1929) In autumn 1928, just after his 31st birthday, Faulkner began working on The Sound and the Fury. He started by writing three short stories about a group of children with the last name Compson, but soon began to feel that the characters he had created might be better suited for a full-length novel.
Absalom, Absalom! is a novel by the American author William Faulkner, first published in 1936.Taking place before, during, and after the American Civil War, it is a story about three families of the American South, with a focus on the life of Thomas Sutpen.
Quentin Compson is a fictional character created by William Faulkner.He is an intelligent, neurotic, and introspective son of the Compson family.He is featured in the classic novels The Sound and the Fury and Absalom, Absalom! as well as the short stories "That Evening Sun" and "A Justice".
With his breakthrough novel, The Sound and the Fury (1929), he began to use stream of consciousness to portray a character's flow of inner thoughts. His books often are told from the point of view of several characters and contain accurately rendered colloquialisms combined with long sentences full of imagery and language that is sometimes surreal.
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The Sound and the Fury is a 1929 novel by American author William Faulkner. ... The Sound and the Fury, a musical composition by Robert W. Smith;
Principally depicted in The Sound and the Fury and in its appendix, they also make appearances in Absalom, Absalom! and stories such as "That Evening Sun". The family name is also referred to briefly in the opening chapter of Requiem for a Nun. Faulkner traced their genealogy from 1699 to 1945. [1]