I only read The Sound and the Fury. I truly admire Faulkner's obvious talent; however this book is more work to read than it is worth. It's partial plot is told from four perspectives, one of which is a tangential, time-warped mess that is nearly unreadable. It's suppose to be Benjy's (the idiot's) recollections. Another section in written in that awful stream-of-consciousness ala Joyce and Woolfe. There's only one admirable character who tries to keep some order among the "sound and fury". This is a dark and depressing book that I wish I hadn't read

A great insight into the American consciousness, though Faulkner focused only on one county in Mississippi in all of his literary works, they encompass the all of humanity, the good, bad and the ugly.

The Sound and the Fury --
Terrible. Just terrible. Only made it to page 100 and had to stop. It is completely uninteresting, disjointed and, for the most part, incomprehensible. The book has four parts and it is said that the first two are the toughest to read. I read part 1 and 30 pages of part 2, so maybe there's something worth reading beyond that, but I'm not even curious. This was my first Faulkner book. Needless to say, he hasn't made a very good first impression.

I read As I Lay Dying, and I just didn't like it. It was hard to follow the characters, and hard to figure out what they were all about. The premise of the story was interesting, but I just couldn't get into the writing.

An American classic.

read all of these in college and seriously need to reread now that I am old enough to appreciate them and not view them as a slog-through...(which I attribute to being a lit major and when they assign you that many books to read in such short periods with tests and papers looming, it entirely kills your love of reading for years...).

I had read these books years ago and decided to read them again. I've been told by some, who have read Faulkner, that his style would never get him published today. I don't know about that, I only know that one must get thoroughly absorbed in his books if you want to understand them and thereby enjoy them--no distractions like loud street noises, TV blaring in the background, etc.. Maybe the "The Sound and the Fury" of our modern world will keep new readers from absorbing Faulkner's genius. Hope not.

A really fine and completely approachable examination of Faulkner's life and major works.

I loved these books, no easy read, but truly magnificent!

After reading "As I Lay Dying" and "Light in August" I decided that I do not care for Faulkner and did not read "The Sound and the Fury"

This is a wonderful set. When I read these books, I would log on to Oprah's site to hear lectures from Yale and Harvard professors about each chapter. It was unbelievable! I felt like I was back at school. I learned so much.