The Sound and the Fury

1 About this book

In many ways this was an experimental novel, using several differing narrative styles. Divided into four parts, the author relates the same episodes from four different viewpoints, using a different style for each. The story concerns various members of a Southern family, once wealthy landowners but now struggling to maintain their reputation.

• Domestic fiction
• American Manuscripts
• Death
• Brothers and sisters
• Aristocracy (Social class)
• Family life
• People with mental disabilities
• Social life and customs