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It's time for a thread about the greatest writer who ever lived.

Sound and the Fury is his best novel, in my opinion.

>> No.7923874

>>7923790
>muh mausoleum of all hope and desire

>> No.7923877

>>7923790
Provincial corncobbers should all be banned.

>> No.7923908

>taking corncobby chronicles seriously

>> No.7923920

>>7923877
>>7923908
xD

>> No.7924020

Absalom, Absalom! is the patrician's choice.

>> No.7924106

Hi there!

>> No.7924115

Faulkner, like Shakespeare, is best appreciated by those who can pick up the rhythm of the writing. So much of the beauty is in the cadence developed.

>> No.7924119

LIGHT IN AUGUST
I
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>tfw no Lena Grove gf to strip me bear with her unblinking unbearable gaze

>> No.7924136

If I were to rank his works among the books I've read, my top five would probably be:

1) Absalom, Absalom!
2) The Sound and the Fury
3) The Unvanquished
4) The Mansion
5) As I Lay Dying

>>7924020
Definitely agree, it was the novel where he was at his narrative and creative peak for me. The Sound and the Fury was equally great, but everything coalesced beautifully in Absalom, Absalom! It's probably my favorite novel of all time.

>> No.7924162

I like to jerk off to Quentin

>> No.7924167

>>7924136
>The Unvanquished in the top three

good lad

>> No.7924173

>>7924136
Definitely patrician.

>> No.7924427

so: greatest writer + his best novel

does that mean the sound and the fury is the greatest novel in your opinion?

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7924464

>>7924119
>strip me bear

>> No.7924473

>>7924427
I don't think that's necessarily true. You could be the greatest writer based on the fact that you have written 1,000 great novels, but still not have written the single greatest novel, whereas the author of the greatest novel might not be the greatest writer of all time, because they may have only written the one novel.