The Sound and the Fury

The Sound and the Fury

First edition
Author	William Faulkner
Language	English
Genre	Modernist novel Stream of consciousness Southern Gothic
Published	1929
Publisher	Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith
Publication date	1929
Publication place	United States
Pages	326
OCLC	21525355
Dewey Decimal	813/.52 20
LC Class	PS3511.A86 S7 1990

The Sound and the Fury is a novel by the American author William Faulkner. It employs several narrative styles, including stream of consciousness. Published in 1929, The Sound and the Fury was Faulkner's fourth novel, and was not immediately successful. In 1931, however, when Faulkner's sixth novel, Sanctuary, was published—a sensationalist story, which Faulkner later said was written only for money—The Sound and the Fury also became commercially successful, and Faulkner began to receive critical attention.^[1]