Classics Short stories 1919

Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson

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.

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What it is

A small town hiding secrets · melancholic and unhurried

What happens in it

Small-town secrets

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Form
Short stories
Structure
Linked stories
Style
Literary

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  • you like a book that stays with you for days
  • you like a book that makes you think
  • you want a book that doesn't look away

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  • you'd rather skip the hard scenes

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