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New York: Jonathan Cape and Harrison Smith, 1929. First edition of Faulkner’s masterpiece. Octavo, original cloth, black and white patterned paper boards. In near fine condition. Petersen A6.2a. Brucolli & Clark I:121. Housed in a custom half morocco slipcase. An exceptional example. Although The Sound and The Fury is now considered one of top one hundred novels of the 20th century, it actually wasn’t initially received well upon publication. This was mostly due to the fact that at the time Faulkner wasn’t well-known as a novelist, although this was his fourth published work. Because he had not had much commercial success with his first few novels, it is believed that the publisher limited the initial printing run to 1,789 copies. It wasn’t until his novel Sanctuary was published in 1931 that he started being really noticed as a writer and more people started giving The Sound and The Fury more serious attention. The title of the book comes from the famous soliloquy of act 5,…

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.