The Sound and the Fury

William Faulkner

earliest edition we have, 1946 Random House, 1984 326 pages

William Faulkner manuscripts ;

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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Editions we hold

The Sound and the Fury paperback · 2025 · Penguin · 321 pages · 9780679732242
Sound and the Fury edition · 2020 · Independently Published · 252 pages · 9798619986365
Sound and the Fury edition · 2020 · Independently Published · 245 pages · 9798650533665
Sound and the Fury (Vintage International) edition · 2019 · Independently Published · 252 pages · 9781691151486
Xuan hua yu sao dong edition · 2015 · Yi lin chu ban she · 304 pages · 9787544752558
El ruido y la furia edition · 2015 · Debolsillo · 9789588886787
El ruido y la furia edition · 2014 · Alianza · 9788420675756
Sound and the Fury edition · 2014 · Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W. · 544 pages · 9781324000822
The Sound and The Fury hardcover · 2013 · Lijiang Publishing Limited, China · 335 pages · 9787540761523
El ruido y la furia edition · 2012 · Alfaguara · 325 pages · 9786071121981
Звук и ярость edition · 2011 · ACT · 9785170720651
Hälin ja raev hardcover · 2006 · Eesti Päevaleht · 256 pages

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