ilovecharts:

“William Faulkner’s The Sound and the Fury sifts through multiple perspectives and a jumble of timelines, which makes it a difficult read. Now the Folio Society is publishing the book in the way Faulkner thought it might be most comprehensible, with color-coded sections of text that indicate the time period involved[…]”

Very cool and a great idea. Still, I’d feel like I was cheating. It’s like if there was an indexed cast of characters in every Dickens novel. 

ilovecharts:

William Faulkner’s The Sound and the Fury sifts through multiple perspectives and a jumble of timelines, which makes it a difficult read. Now the Folio Society is publishing the book in the way Faulkner thought it might be most comprehensible, with color-coded sections of text that indicate the time period involved[]”

Very cool and a great idea. Still, I’d feel like I was cheating. It’s like if there was an indexed cast of characters in every Dickens novel.