# The Sound and the Fury

by [William Faulkner](https://localbooks.app/authors/william-faulkner)

- Genres: [Narrativa letteraria](https://localbooks.app/genres/literary-fiction/literary-fiction), [Saghe familiari](https://localbooks.app/genres/literary-fiction/family-saga)
- Set in: [Jefferson, Mississippi, Stati Uniti](https://localbooks.app/places/us/mississippi/jefferson) (fictional)
- Audience: Adult
- Published: 1929
- Pages: 358

## Description

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.

## Where to buy

- [Open Library (ebook)](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL82870W)
- [Project Gutenberg (ebook)](https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=The%20Sound%20and%20the%20Fury)

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