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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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Sep 17, 2018 Tommi rated it it was ok · review of another edition

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I appreciate the experimentation in form, but it’s all just unnecessarily obscure. His writing is simply not interesting or beautiful enough for me to decipher it, unlike Ulysses, of which Faulkner’s novel is like a watered-down version. The final nail in the coffin is the appendix added decades later, which makes it all the more bleh. Sorry.

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Jan 25, 2010 Scott Sheaffer rated it really liked it

Although I had to start this one about four times once it was finished I found that I had read a masterpiece. Please don't be fooled by the poor writing found in the first few chapters. It's not the writing but the character that is shallow and his mental (in)abilities are reflected in the writing. ...more

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