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London: Chatto and Windus, 1931. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First English edition. Introduction by Richard Hughes. Small contemporary pencil name, corners a little bumped, a little scattered foxing on the foredge and first and last few leaves, else near fine in price-clipped and modestly and uniformly spine-toned, very good dust jacket with light wear at the spine ends, and a publisher's cancel label with a reduced price from The Centaur Library. A handsome copy of an uncommon edition of the author's best-known novel.

The Sound and the Fury is a novel by the American author William Faulkner. It employs a number of narrative styles, including stream of consciousness. Published in 1929, the novel was Faulkner's fourth and is now considered to be one of the greatest novels in American literature. The book primarily focuses on the Compson family and their lives in Mississippi during the early 20th century, touching on themes of time, race, and the decline of the Southern aristocracy.