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The Sound and the Fury is a modernist novel published by William Faulkner in 1929
. It tells the story of the Compson family’s fall from grace and the tragedies that befall their four children, Cady, Quientin, Benjy, and Jason, whose perspectives make up each section of the novel. Known for its impressive deployment of the stream of consciousness style, The Sound and the Fury contributed to William Faulkner winning the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1949.Explore a plot overview, important quotes, and in-depth character analysis for Jason Compson IV, Caddy Compson, and more.