The Sound and the Fury (Principle Edition) - Expanded and Annotated with Scholarly Material, a Study Guide, and Criticism. Includes Evelyn Scott's 1929 Essay "On William Faulkner's The Sound and The Fury"

William Faulkner's masterpiece of modernist literature follows the tragic decline of the Compson family through some of the most innovative prose of the twentieth century. Told through four distinct voices, including the passionate but troubled Quentin, the cold and rational Jason, and the stream-of-consciousness narrative of the mentally disabled Benjy, the novel pieces together the story of the beautiful and doomed Caddy Compson-a character who never speaks directly, yet whose presence haunts every page. Set in Mississippi in the early 1900s, The Sound and the Fury captures the decay of the American South through the lens of one family's devastating losses-of innocence, honor, sanity, and hope. This groundbreaking work, with its radical approach to narrative time and perspective, established Faulkner as one of America's greatest literary innovators and continues to challenge and inspire readers nearly a century after its original publication. This expanded volume also includes an essay by acclaimed novelist Evelyn Scott: On William Faulkner's The Sound And The Fury (1929), first published in a limited edition to coincide with the release of Faulkner's novel. Also included in this edition, A Serious Damn: William Faulkner and Evelyn Scott, an essay by Evelyn Scott biographer Peggy Bach documenting the personal and professional similarities and differences between the two authors. Also featured is one of the earliest literary reviews of The Sound And The Fury, published the year the novel was released.