Winesburg, Ohio

Winesburg, Ohio: A Group of Tales of Ohio Small-Town Life short story cycle structured around the life of protagonist George Willard, from the time he was a child to his growing independence and ultimate abandonment of Winesburg as a young man. Each of the stories shares a specific character's past and present struggle to overcome the loneliness and isolation that seem to permeate the town. Table of Contents: The Book of the Grotesque Hands: concerning Wing Biddlebaum Paper Pills: concerning Doctor Reefy Mother: concerning Elizabeth Willard The Philosopher: concerning Doctor Parcival Nobody Knows: concerning Louise Trunnion Godliness: A Tale in Four Parts Godliness I: concerning Jesse Bentley Godliness II: also concerning Jesse Bentley Godliness III: Surrender, concerning Louise Bentley Godliness IV: Terror, concerning David Hardy A Man of Ideas: concerning Joe Welling Adventure: concerning Alice Hindman Respectability: concerning Wash Williams The Thinker: concerning Seth Richmond Tandy: concerning Tandy Hard The Strength of God: concerning the Reverend Curtis Hartman The Teacher: concerning Kate Swift Loneliness: concerning Enoch Robinson An Awakening: concerning Belle Carpenter "Queer": concerning Elmer Cowley The Untold Lie: concerning Ray Pearson Drink: concerning Tom Foster Death: concerning Doctor Reefy and Elizabeth Willard Sophistication: concerning Helen White Departure: concerning George Willard

Sherwood Anderson (1876-1941) was an American novelist and short story writer, known for subjective and self-revealing works. After suffering a nervous breakdown Anderson abandoned his copywriting business to become a writer. His most enduring work is the short-story sequence Winesburg, Ohio, a group of tales about a small town in America.