Faulkner's most famous novel was Gone with the Wind. The novel was first published in 1939 and is considered a classic of modern American fiction. The Sound and the Fury was about a small American town during the Civil War. It was centered on a man named Sprewell Buzz Wick. It depicted his life, his love, his family, his friends, and his political stance. Through an imaginative narrative, the novel presents the social, political, and cultural environment of the war and explored profound topics such as individuals and society, freedom and restraints. The Sound and the Fury was widely acclaimed as one of Faulkner's most outstanding works. Not only had it been translated into many languages, but it had also been adapted into movies, television dramas, stage plays and other artistic forms, affecting the aesthetic and literary concepts of generations of readers.