Ever since the first furore was created on its publication in 1929, The Sound and the Fury has been considered one of the key novels of this century. Depicting the gradual disintegration of the Compson family through four fractured narratives, T
Oprah Book Club title. First pub. 1929. The spectacle of white disintegration shown through the decay of a gentle southern family.
The Sound and the Fury: Curriculum Unit
Presents three novels, including "As I Lay Dying," in which the Bundren family journeys across Mississippi to bury their mother, "The Sound and the Fury," in which Caddy Compson's story is narrated by her three brothers, and "Light in ...
Retells the tragic times of the Compson family, including beautiful, rebellious Caddy; man-child Benjy; haunted, neurotic Quentin; Jason, the brutal cynic and Dilsey, their black servant.