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Winesburg, Ohio: A Group of Tales of Ohio Small Town Life by Sherwood Anderson
Anderson, Sherwood, 1876-1941
"Winesburg, Ohio: A Group of Tales of Ohio Small Town Life" by Sherwood Anderson is a short story cycle published in 1919. Set in the fictional town of Winesburg, Ohio, the work follows George Willard from childhood to young adulthood as he prepares to leave his hometown. Through twenty-two interconnected stories, Anderson explores the inner lives of various townspeople, each struggling with loneliness and isolation in pre-industrial small-town America. Known for its psychological depth and plainspoken prose, the work is considered an early example of Modernist literature. ... Read more
About this eBook
| Author | Anderson, Sherwood, 1876-1941 |
|---|---|
| Title | Winesburg, Ohio: A Group of Tales of Ohio Small Town Life |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winesburg,_Ohio |
| Contents | The book of the grotesque -- Hands -- Paper pills -- Mother -- The philosopher -- Nobody knows -- Godliness -- A man of ideas -- Adventure -- Respectability -- The thinker -- Tandy -- The strength of God -- The teacher -- Loneliness -- An awakening -- "Queer" -- The untold lie -- Drink -- Death -- Sophistication -- Departure. |
| Credits | Judith Boss |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 79.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | Ohio -- Social life and customs -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 416 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-00416-7 |
| Release Date | Feb 1, 1996 |
| Last Update | Jan 30, 2026 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 3359 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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