The Sound and the Fury

Abstract

NovelistWilliam Faulkner(1897–1962) grew up in Oxford, Mississippi. He published The Sound and the Fury in 1929. His other works include As I Lay Dying, Light in August, Intruder in the Dust, and The Reivers. Twice awarded the Pulitzer Prize, he received the Nobel Prize for literature in 1950. From The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner. Copyright 1929 and renewed 1957 by William Faulkner. Reprinted by permission of Random House, Inc.