Books

New York: Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith, 1929. First edition, first printing dust-jacket with no price on dust jacket and $3.00 price on rear panel for "Humanity Uprooted. 401 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original black and white boards with white cloth spine, some fading to head and foot of spine, and rubbing along bottom edge; unrestored dust-jacket with usual fading to spine, two small chips to top of back panel and one to top of front panel, small bit of loss to head of spine, spine with visible crease. First edition, first printing dust-jacket with no price on dust jacket and $3.00 price on rear panel for "Humanity Uprooted" 401 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. A pioneering work of American modernism, Faulkner's fourth novel, which employed a stream-of-consciousness technique and multiple narrators; the flap copy says it "suggests Joyce in its technique and the Russians, – perhaps Dostoyevsky – in its theme," but in retrospect the work is purest Faulkner, with multiple narrators and cascading…

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.

First editions of 'The Sound and the Fury' were published by Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith in 1929. These copies might include a misprint on page 401, 'showing' for 'shown'. Also, the dust jacket design is blue and yellow, and features a so-called 'woman in the swing' illustration.