num_pages: 471
description: 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. This edition follows the text as corrected in 1984, and includes an editor's note by Noel Polk on the corrections.
language: English
title: The Sound and the Fury: The Corrected Text
titlecomplete: The Sound and the Fury: The Corrected Text
characters: Candace "Caddy" Compson, Quentin Compson III, Benjamin "Benjy" Compson, Jason Compson III, Luster, Dilsey Gibson, Miss Quentin Compson, Jason Compson IV, Caroline Bascomb Compson
genres: Fiction, Southern Gothic, 20th Century, Classics, Southern, School, American, Literary Fiction, Literature, Novels
ratings_count: 177995
places: Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi, Mississippi, The United States of America, Jefferson, Mississippi
publisher: Thorndike Press