num_pages: 277
description: This narrative chronicles the decline of the American South through the experiences of Benjy Compson, who struggles to articulate his vision of life. William Faulkner is the author of "As I Lay Dying" and "Sanctuary" and he won the Nobel Prize in 1949.
language: English
title: The Sound and the Fury
titlecomplete: The Sound and the Fury
characters: Candace "Caddy" Compson, Caroline Bascomb Compson, Miss Quentin Compson, Dilsey Gibson, Quentin Compson III, Jason Compson III, Jason Compson IV, Luster, Benjamin "Benjy" Compson
genres: Fiction, American, School, Literature, Classics, Novels, 20th Century, Southern, Literary Fiction, Southern Gothic
ratings_count: 178023
places: The United States of America, Mississippi, Jefferson, Mississippi, Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi
publisher: Everyman's Library