Librivox: Winesburg, Ohio by Anderson, Sherwood
Summary: Published in 1919, and listed on the Modern Library roster of the 20th century's 100 greatest novels in English, Winesburg, Ohio presents a series of loosely related character studies of the inhabitants of a fictional Midwestern town that together form a novel of unusual unity and vision. The inarticulate and lonely citizens of Winesburg, each with his or her own secret tale to tell, frequently relate those tales to, or through their interactions with, the character of George Willard, a young Winesburg citizen on the cusp of manhood with dreams of becoming a writer. Thus Winesburg tells the story of the townspeople's loneliness and alienation in parallel with the tale of George's own coming of age. The citizens of Winesburg are described obliquely as "grotesques," but as the introductory chapter makes clear, "The grotesques were not all horrible. Some were amusing, some almost beautiful . . ." (Description by Stewart Wills)
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01 "Book of the Grotesque, The" by Anderson, Sherwood
02 "Hands" by Anderson, Sherwood
03 "Paper pills" by Anderson, Sherwood
04 "Mother" by Anderson, Sherwood
05 "Philosopher, The" by Anderson, Sherwood
06 "Nobody knows" by Anderson, Sherwood
07 "Godliness" by Anderson, Sherwood
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11 "Man of Ideas, A" by Anderson, Sherwood
12 "Adventure" by Anderson, Sherwood
13 "Respectability" by Anderson, Sherwood
14 "Thinker, The" by Anderson, Sherwood
15 "Tandy" by Anderson, Sherwood