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CliffsNotes on Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury
These concise supplements to selected works of literature help students, from middle school to college, understand the overall structure of the work, actions and motivations of the characters, and the social and cultural perspectives of the author(s). Major features of these bestselling guides:
-- Written by expert teachers and scholars
-- Character maps, genealogies, maps, and illustrations
-- Summaries, critical commentaries, and glossaries
-- Written by expert teachers and scholars
-- Character maps, genealogies, maps, and illustrations
-- Summaries, critical commentaries, and glossaries
128 pages, Paperback
First published October 3, 1963
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December 8, 2010
Yes, I'm actually adding the Cliffs Notes version to Goodreads because the book is just that damn confusing. Is Quentin a boy or a girl? Oh, both. Is the main character named Maury or Benjie? Oh, both. Is he 33 or 5 years old? Oh, both. Gee, thanks for nothing, Mr. Faulkner.
July 12, 2008
i read the sound and the fury and i had no idea what was going on so i admit that this was the only time i used the cliffs notes
May 11, 2018
Interesting work about The Sound and the Fury.
The Sound and The Fury is a strong and intense book. It may seem confusing at times because of the linearity of years. But as time itself, as many people say, has one of cruelty and beauty, a paradox.
In this work there is the force of the breaking of taboos and prejudices. The brutality of events involving the family protagonist of the work shows that the aridity of the events of existence provide uncontrollable effects, causes and consequences.
The fury may even be silent, but wickedness is a hard sound to hide.
The Sound and The Fury is a strong and intense book. It may seem confusing at times because of the linearity of years. But as time itself, as many people say, has one of cruelty and beauty, a paradox.
In this work there is the force of the breaking of taboos and prejudices. The brutality of events involving the family protagonist of the work shows that the aridity of the events of existence provide uncontrollable effects, causes and consequences.
The fury may even be silent, but wickedness is a hard sound to hide.
February 11, 2019
After reading 10 pages of the original I decided I needed help decoding.....therefore I read this great little book and now know the plot, the characters, the structure. I also now realize I don't want to finish the original but am not completely ignorant of the story.
June 17, 2021
Review is only for 1970 C.K. Hillegas edition. Cannot add it into Goodreads.
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August 14, 2007i thought this synopsis was great. really consise. pretty strait forward. I don't get the whole shakspere thing though.
January 31, 2010
This is a book we are reading for a book club, but my sister is still reading the copy we have, so I read the cliff notes, though I will read the book
March 15, 2015
it helps but tries to oppose its version of the novel
October 4, 2014
Glad I read this, so I know what's going on in the book. Very confusing at times.
April 16, 2016
Read for explanation of what is going on in the first (Benjy's) section, and for that it was helpful. I haven't opened a Cliffs Notes in decades. Are they all as hastily written as this one?
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