{"product_id":"the-sound-and-the-fury-penguin-classics-deluxe-edition-9780143138853","title":"The Sound and the Fury: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe masterpiece of Nobel Prize winner William Faulkner, now in Penguin Classics for the first time, with a new introduction by Ayana Mathis, the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Twelve Tribes of Hattie\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e's Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, with flaps and deckle-edged paper \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Sound and the Fury \u003c\/i\u003etraces the decline of the American South through three generations of the once-powerful Compson family. In Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi--perhaps the most famous fictional setting in American literature--antiquated ideas of race, class, and sex prevail among the erstwhile landed gentry of the Reconstruction-era South, embodied in the Compson siblings: Benjy, whose mental disability blurs the past and the present; Quentin, who is consumed by his obsession with his family's honor; Jason, who unleashes his blind rage on the rest of the household, especially their longtime Black servant, Dilsey; and their elusive sister, Caddy, whose tragic estrangement sets in motion the family's fall from grace. A kaleidoscopic narrative punctuated by haunting interior monologues, \u003ci\u003eThe Sound and the Fury \u003c\/i\u003ebrings to life Faulkner's aristocratic South as a land of decadence and despair, gallantry and greed in the face of financial and moral ruin. What Faulkner once considered his \"most splendid failure\" was also his favorite of his novels; it now ranks among the greatest novels of the twentieth century, and as one of the cornerstones of American fiction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Classics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/02\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143138853\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288","brand":"William Faulkner","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52418707587253,"sku":"9780143138853","price":16.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_0e287bdb-43a9-45f7-9a71-f228d321e32d.jpg?v=1775570232","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-sound-and-the-fury-penguin-classics-deluxe-edition-9780143138853","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}