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Summary: Beautiful!
Review: This is the most beautiful book I've ever read. Every chapter is like a painting; Faulkner uses words to give us images and weave a story of life. But the words don't so much tell us a story as they do show us a picture. And the picture is of us. Everyone can find something of themselves in The Sound and the Fury, and, if they say they can't, they're either lying or they skipped Benjy and Quentin. I've never been more greatful to a teacher in my whole life than I was to my Lit teacher for assigning this book. A warning: this book requires more than one reading to get its full effect, but it's all worth it once you realize that Faulkner is talking about YOU.
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Summary: Riveting account of the degeneration of the Compson family.
Review: The Sound and the Fury, by William Faulkner, is a riveting account of the degeneration of the Compson family. Beginning as a wealthy southern plantation family, the family quickly deteriorates due to excessive lust, greed, and arrogance. Narrated in turn by each of the Compson children and their black servants, the debilitating emotional effects of their experiences are vividly described. It is an excellent novel with colorful language and unique expression.
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Summary: better than six (its ranking on the Modern library list)
Review: this is the greatest American novel of the 20th Century. First, you must assume anything by Fitzgerald and Hemingway is pulp. Faulkner is a beautiful writer. and to all of you "college grads" who dont understand it...i am 16 (read this book at age 15) and understood it perfectly! it is beautiful.
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Summary: Intellectual challenage
Review: So many books and so many authors are classified as being greats and classics. But many of them are confined morally and technically. Faulkner, however, writes what he chooses and writes it how he chooses. He shows the world through the mind of an idiot, a suicide victim, and a sadist. His stream-of-consciousness seems to be a much more natural manner of writing. This novel is one of the best I have ever read. It is gripping and emotionally charged. A must read for anyone who desires an intellectual challenage.
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Summary: A masterpiece.
Review: My own personal measure of the greatness of this book is that back in college I borrowed it from a friend and read it all in one glorious sitting in a sunny afternoon meadow - I just could not help myself. Then, realizing that I had loved the book but not entirely understood it, I turned back around and reread it. All this while I should have been studying for my finals. Years and several rereadings later I still haven't understood it entirely, but I get a little closer every time.
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Summary: This is a difficult novel that amply repays the effort.
Review: If you are ever going to invest some effort into a novel, this is the one that will reward that effort.Many of the reviews discuss the difficulty of this novel. It is difficult, but avoid the Monarch outlines and stay with the book. Soon or later, you'll have your epiphany and realize just what Faulkner is doing here. You'll be amazed and delighted. It's a Big WOW. Then, after finishing, you'll race back to Chapter 1 to read it all over to see and marvel at how Faulkner accomplished his magic.
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Summary: El yucko.
Review: So inaccessible. In the end, so unsatisfying. Just depressing. Like being on a three-week drunken spree. Yuck.
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Summary: I was so amazed.
Review: I was so excited after ten pages I went out and bought everything else he ever wrote. It was one of the greatest reading experiences of my life, I mean all that psycological understanding. Page after page of gorgeous prose. His profound grasp of the mystery of time and human existance. Ahhh, the smells of the earth. what do you think?
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Summary: Confusing story due to shifting viewpoints and times
Review: I have a degree in literature, and even in college, I did not understand The Sound and the Fury. I thought that when I became older I would understand, but this story is too confusing. I did not finish it. The first chapter does not establish a sound viewpoint. I feel I am missing a great story here, but the author did not provide me with the tools necessary to accomplish an ending.
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Summary: The smells of the earth
Review: Let me start off by saying that because of The Sound And The Fury, I LOVE Faulkner. After ten pages I was so excited that I went out and bought everything else he wrote. It was one of the greatest reading experiences of my life. I mean, all that incredible psychological understanding. Page after page of gorgeous prose. His profound grasp on the mystery of time, and of human existence. And who could forget the smells of the earth. What do you think?
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