| Winesburg, Ohio Contributor(s): Anderson, Sherwood (Author), Cowley, Malcolm (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0140186557 ISBN-13: 9780140186550 Publisher: Penguin Group OUR PRICE: $9.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 1992 Annotation: A collection of short stories dealing with a small town in Ohio. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Short Stories (single Author) - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 92223582 |
| Lexile Measure: 1050 |
| Series: Penguin Twentieth Century Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5" W x 7.6" (0.40 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Midwest - Demographic Orientation - Small Town - Geographic Orientation - Ohio |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: George Willard is a young reporter on the Winesburg Eagle to whom, one by one, the inhabitants of Winesburg, Ohio, confide their hopes, their dreams, and their fears. This town of friendly but solitary people comes to life as Anderson's special talent exposes the emotional undercurrents that bind its people together. In this timeless cycle of short stories, he lays bare the life of a small town in the American Midwest. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. |