The Sound and the Fury
American novelist, 1897–1962. Won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1955 and 1963 and the National Book Award for Fiction in 1955.
The Sound and the Fury is a 1929 novel by William Faulkner.
In family saga
On 6 of the 16 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- William Faulkner
- First published
- 1929
- Length
- 288 pages (UK paperback)
- Genre
- Literary fiction, Family saga, Southern gothic, Modernist
Is The Sound and the Fury worth reading?
6 of the 16 best-of lists it could have made include it, among them 100 Best Novels (board's list) (Modern Library) and 100 books of the century (Le Monde).
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| 100 Best Novels (board's list) (Modern Library, 1998) | No. 6 | See the list |
| 100 books of the century (Le Monde, 1999) | No. 34 | See the list |
| All-Time 100 Novels (Time, 2005) | Listed | See the list |
| Bokklubben World Library (Norwegian Book Clubs, 2002) | Listed | See the list |
| Oprah's Book Club picks (Oprah's Book Club, 1996-) | Listed | See the list |
| The 100 best novels of all time (The Guardian, 2026) | No. 57 | See the list |
Best edition of The Sound and the Fury
The edition we link to is the Vintage Classics paperback (1995), 288 pages.
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics (paperback, 1995)
- Pages
- 288
- ISBN
- 9780099475019
How critics, prizes and readers rate The Sound and the Fury
Critics rate it most highly: it earned 54% of the points available on critics' lists, against 15% on readers' and booksellers' lists and 0% on prize lists.
Share of the available points it earned on each kind of list it was eligible for. How the scores work
Books like The Sound and the Fury
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