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The Sound and the Fury

William Faulkner

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One of the greatest novels of the twentieth century, The Sound and the Fury is the tragedy of the Compson family, featuring some of the most memorable characters in American literature: beautiful, rebellious Caddy; the manchild Benjy; haunted, neurotic Quentin; Jason, the brutal cynic; and Dilsey, their black servant. < P>This edition follows the text as corrected in 1984, and includes an editor's note by Noel Polk on the corrections.

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Happy Birthday to William Faulkner!

September 25th, marks 115th anniversary of the birth of a giant of American and world literature: William Faulkner. He was born and grew up in Mississippi. During his life he wrote: novels, short stories, a play, poetry, essays and screenplays. Many of his best loved works were set in the fictional Yoknapatawpha County. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1949 and till today his acceptance speech is considered one of the best ever. Do you have a favorite book by this author?

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