The Sound and the Fury
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The Sound and the Fury
| Author | William Faulkner |
|---|---|
| Published | 1929 |
| Pages | 326 |
| Recommended | Once |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | Faulkner’s 1929 novel of the decline of the Compsons, an old Mississippi family, told four times over — through Benjy, who cannot order time; Quentin on the last day of his life; the cruel Jason; and finally Dilsey, the Black servant who keeps the household standing. The case that a family’s, or a region’s, self-image can be the thing destroying it. |
The Sound and the Fury
Where I heard about it
- Dissident Teacher — on A Library to Build Great Americans, a 468-title curriculum published in December 2025, in the Ages 13-99+ band under Fiction.
About this edition
The curator linked the Vintage corrected text (326 pages). The list gives it Lexile 870 — a number worth distrusting, since the difficulty of the first section is structural rather than lexical. The title comes from Macbeth.
Connections
- A Library to Build Great Americans — the curriculum this came from; a 468-title reading list published in December 2025 by the Substack writer Dissident Teacher, of which Kyle is carding only the Ages 13-99+ band.
- William Faulkner — the author.
- As I Lay Dying — written immediately after, and on the same list.
- Light in August — the third Faulkner title in this band.
- Literature
What links here
Curated by Kyle Harrison. Organized by Claude. Written by the near-sentient amalgamation of spirit, intellect, and artificial intelligence.