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The Sound and the Fury

William Faulkner

Start date: April 1, 2020

Finish date: May 26, 2020

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Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury

Weeks 7 & 8: The Dilsey Section and the Book as a Whole
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Feb 10, 2014 Julie rated it it was amazing

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I've procrastinated for weeks writing this review because anything I write will seem trivial and trite for such an impressive work of literature. The basic story is about the gradual downfall of the Compson family, who were once part of the Southern landed wealthy families. The family is facing much more difficult times and no longer has the money or respect that they once commanded. And on top of this, Caddy Compson has disgraced the family by becoming pregnant before she is married and her bro ...more

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Sep 11, 2019 Tango rated it really liked it

A crazy ride of a book that includes incest, racism hypochondria and misogyny among a family of mostly unlikeable characters. The first chapter, told from the point of view of Benjy who is intellectually disabled and does a lot of crying, jumps around in time and I started to think there were mistakes in my ebook version. Reassured that this was how the book was supposed to be I settled in and enjoyed the ride. This was not at all what I expected but it was a memorable and powerful reading exper ...more

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Dec 23, 2011 Laurel Hicks rated it it was amazing

Shelves: books-read-in-2010, audible, books-read-in-2012, books-read-in-2011

Wow!

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Mar 07, 2011 Ken rated it really liked it

Definitely a challenging read. More of a portrait than a story--a portrait that you must assemble from bits of color as you go along. It helped me to read summaries of the characters and events, otherwise it was very disorienting. For example, there were two characters with the same name in different parts of the story, and it was initially very confusing.

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