william faulkner 1897-1962
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William Faulkner 1897-1962. Novels. The Sound and the Fury (1929) As I Lay Dying (1930) Light in August (1932) Absalom, Absalom! (1936). The sound and the fury (1929). The plot. Characters. Jason Compson III Caroline Bascomb Compson Quentin Compson III Candace "Caddy" Compson - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
William FaulknerWilliam Faulkner1897-19621897-1962
NovelsNovels
The Sound and the Fury (1929)The Sound and the Fury (1929) As I Lay Dying (1930)As I Lay Dying (1930) Light in August (1932)Light in August (1932) Absalom, Absalom! (1936)Absalom, Absalom! (1936)
The sound and the furyThe sound and the fury(1929)(1929)
The plotThe plot
CharactersCharacters
Jason Compson III Jason Compson III Caroline Bascomb Compson Caroline Bascomb Compson Quentin Compson III Quentin Compson III Candace "Caddy" Compson Candace "Caddy" Compson Benjamin Compson Benjamin Compson Dilsey Gibson Dilsey Gibson Miss Quentin Compson Miss Quentin Compson
QuotesQuotes
All of us failed to match our dreams of All of us failed to match our dreams of perfection. So I rate us on the basis of our perfection. So I rate us on the basis of our splendid failure to do the impossible.splendid failure to do the impossible.
Always dream and shoot higher than you Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do. Don't bother just to be know you can do. Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.yourself.