| Winesburg, Ohio Contributor(s): Anderson, Sherwood (Author) |
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ISBN: 0486282694 ISBN-13: 9780486282695 Publisher: Dover Publications OUR PRICE: $4.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1995 Annotation: In a deeply moving collection of interrelated stories, this 1919 American classic illuminates the loneliness and frustrations -- spiritual, emotional and artistic -- of life in a small town. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Short Stories (single Author) - Fiction | Small Town & Rural |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 94025206 |
| Lexile Measure: 1050 |
| Series: Dover Thrift Editions |
| Physical Information: 0.39" H x 5.28" W x 8.24" (0.26 lbs) 160 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Midwest - Demographic Orientation - Small Town - Geographic Orientation - Ohio |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this moving collection of interrelated stories, Ohio-born Sherwood Anderson (1876-1941) illuminates the loneliness and frustration -- spiritual, emotional and artistic -- of life in a small American town. Winesburg, Ohio subtly portrays as well a young writer's coming of age, searching for love, yearning for a less stifling world. Through the eyes of young George Willard, the inner lives of many of Winesburg's inhabitants open to us. Before George leaves the community, we have learned much about his mother Elizabeth, his friend Helen White, his teacher Kate Swift and other Winesburg residents -- the lonely, sensitive Dr. Reefy, the tormented Rev. Charles Hartman and the enigmatic Wing Biddlebaum among them. Through Anderson's art, their stories are woven into a powerful portrayal of community life, and, ironically, of the isolation its close atmosphere can engender. A great success on its first publication in 1919, Winesburg, Ohio profoundly influenced a generation of fiction writers with its deeply moving poetic realism. It endures as a classic portrait of American life. |