Cliffsnotes on Faulkner's the Sound and the Fury

by James Lamar Roberts, William Faulkner, CliffsNotes, et al.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822012197
• ISBN13: 9780822012191
• Release Date: October 1963
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Length: 72 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

powerful and stark

not just a high school cliche. i started it, read it through, turned back to page one and started it again.

Fantastic grip on reality

Faulkner's use of the stream of conciousness allows the reader to get into, not only the lives of his memorable characters, but their thoughts, their dreams, and their souls. In the Compsons, Faulkner has craeted a family not soon forgotten. It is not a family to be admired and their circumstances should be avoided at all costs, but the Compson family is very easily identified with. The book draws the reader into the thoughts of the dying South and all that the "South" entails. The book is a challenge but gets pleasantly simple after the first two books. Faulkner's style either gets clearer or you as the reader become more accustomed to the style. Either way, the book is truely a classic that I would recommend to any of my friends.

Strong characters but little action.

This version makes much more sense than the one Faulkner himself dished up. No sorting through who said what to whom. I recommend this whole Cliff series.