Title: Winesburg, Ohio
First published: 1976
Description: Winesburg, Ohio is Sherwood Anderson's masterpiece, a cycle of short stories concerning life in a small Ohio town at the end of the nineteenth century. At the centre is George Willard, a young reporter who becomes the confidant of the town's 'grotesques'--solitary figures unable to communicate with others. George is their conduit for expression and solace from loneliness, but he has his own longings which eventually draw him away from home to seek a career in the city. He carries with him the dreams and unuttered words of remarkable characters such as Wing Biddlebaum, the disgraced former teacher, and the story-telling Doctor Parcival.
Subjects: Classic Literature, Fiction, Short Stories, Social life and customs, City and town life, American fiction (fictional works by one author), Ohio, fiction, Fiction, short stories (single author)
Places: Ohio
LC classification: PS3501.N4