Winesburg, Ohio: A Group of Tales of Ohio Small Town LifeWinesburg, Ohio is a series of loosely linked short stories set in the fictional town of Winesburg. The stories are held together by George Willard, a resident to whom the community confide their personal stories and struggles. The townspeople are withdrawn and emotionally repressed and attempt in telling their stories to gain some sense of meaning and dignity in an otherwise desperate life. The work has received high critical acclaim and is considered one of the great American works of the 20th century. |
Contents
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PAPER PILLS concerning Doctor Reefy | 38 |
MOTHER concerning Elizabeth Willard | 44 |
THE PHILOSOPHER concerning Doctor Parcival | 58 |
NOBODY KNOWS concerning Louise Trunnion | 70 |
TANDY concerning Tandy Hard | 185 |
THE STRENGTH OF GOD concerning the Reverend Curtis Hartman | 191 |
THE TEACHER concerning Kate Swift | 204 |
LONELINESS concerning Enoch Robinson | 217 |
AN AWAKENING concerning Belle Carpenter | 233 |
QUEER concerning Elmer Cowley | 248 |
THE UNTOLD LIE concerning Ray Pearson | 265 |
DRINK concerning Tom Foster | 276 |
GODLINESS a Tale in Four Parts | 76 |
A MAN OF IDEAS concerning Joe Welling | 128 |
ADVENTURE concerning Alice Hindman | 141 |
RESPECTABILITY concerning Wash Williams | 153 |
THE THINKER concerning Seth Richmond | 163 |
DEATH concerning Doctor Reefy and Elizabeth Willard | 290 |
SOPHISTICATION concerning Helen White | 307 |
DEPARTURE concerning George Willard | 322 |
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