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The Sound and the Fury

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The decline of the Compson family of Mississippi is told four times, by three brothers and finally from outside, beginning in the mind of Benjy, who cannot follow time at all. At the center is their sister Caddy.

Genres
Literary Fiction, Family Saga
Set in
Jefferson, Mississippi, United States (fictional)
Audience
Adult
Published
1929
Pages
358

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