The sound and the fury corrected text6/21/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Included also is the Appendix that Faulkner wrote for The Portable Faulkner in 1946, which he called the “key to the whole book. Signs of wear can include aesthetic issues such as scratches. The item is very worn but continues to work perfectly. Featuring a new Foreword by Marilynne Robinson, this edition follows the text corrected in 1984 by Faulkner expert Noel Polk and corresponds as closely as possible to the author’s original intentions. The Sound and the Fury: The Corrected Text. The novel reveals the story of the disintegration of the Compson family, doomed inhabitants of Faulkner’s mythical Yoknapatawpha County, through the interior monologues of the idiot Benjy and his brothers, Quentin and Jason. It was immediately praised for its innovative narrative technique, and comparisons were made with Joyce and Dostoyevsky, but it did not receive popular acclaim until the late forties, shortly before Faulkner received the Nobel Prize for Literature. The Sound and the Fury, first published in 1929, is perhaps William Faulkner’s greatest book. ![]() Item in acceptable condition including possible liquid damage. The Sound and the Fury: The Corrected Text by Faulkner, William. ![]() Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of all timeįrom the Modern Library’s new set of beautifully repackaged hardcover classics by William Faulkner-also available are Snopes, As I Lay Dying, Light in August, Absalom, Absalom!, and Selected Short Stories The Sound and the Fury: The Corrected Text by Faulkner, William. ![]()
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