| Winesburg, Ohio, a Group of Tales of Ohio Small-Town Life Contributor(s): Anderson, Sherwood (Author) |
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ISBN: 1612033032 ISBN-13: 9781612033037 Publisher: Bottom of the Hill Publishing OUR PRICE: $12.34 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Historical - General - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.35" H x 6" W x 9" (0.50 lbs) 162 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Winesburg, Ohio is a short story cycle by the Sherwood Anderson. The work is revolves around the life of George Willard, from the time he was a child to his growing independence and abandonment of Winesburg as a young man. It is set in the fictional town of Winesburg, which is based loosely on the author's childhood in Clyde, Ohio. The stories were "...conceived as complementary parts of a whole, centered in the background of a single community." The book consists of twenty-two stories, with the first story, "The Book of the Grotesque", serving as an introduction. |