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London: Chatto and Windus, 1931. Near fine in very good dust jacket.. First UK edition of Faulkner's second book to be published in England – emblematic of his rapidly-growing influence. The best known work of the early 20th-century American master of stream-of-consciousness, first conceived with the image of a girl in a pear tree. Through fits and starts, Faulkner gradually composed it in four different parts, each written in a different style to reflect the perspective of that narrator (with the last, and easiest to understand, in 3rd person). This story of one family in Mississippi was an enormous risk: its success is a great American example of the beauty and power of art. 7.5'' x 4.75''. Publisher's yellow cloth boards with red spine lettering – second binding, as noted in Petersen. Original price-clipped dust jacket. 320 pages with [4] pages of ads to rear. Jacket with mild toning and a touch of edgewear; remnants of removed price label to spine. Binding with a hint of…

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.