Winesburg, OhioGeorge 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. This town of friendly but solitary people comes to life as Anderson's special talent exposes the emotional undercurrents that bind its people together. In this timeless cycle of short stories, he lays bare the life of a small town in the American Midwest. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. |
Contents
THE BOOK OF THE GROTESQUE | 21 |
HANDS concerning Wing Biddlebaum | 27 |
PAPER PILLS concerning Doctor Reefy | 35 |
MOTHER concerning Elizabeth Willard | 39 |
THE PHILOSOPHER concerning Doctor Parcival | 49 |
NOBODY KNOWS concerning Louise Trunnion | 58 |
GODLINESS A Tale in Four Parts | 63 |
II also concerning Jesse Bentley | 74 |
THE THINKER concerning Seth Richmond | 128 |
TANDY concerning Tandy Hard | 143 |
THE STRENGTH OF GOD concerning the Reverend Curtis Hartman | 147 |
THE TEACHER concerning Kate Swift | 157 |
LONELINESS concerning Enoch Robinson | 167 |
AN AWAKENING concerning Belle Carpenter | 179 |
QUEER concerning Elmer Cowley | 190 |
THE UNTOLD LIE concerning Ray Pearson | 202 |
III Surrender concerning Louise Bentley | 87 |
IV Terror concerning David Hardy | 97 |
A MAN OF IDEAS concerning Joe Welling | 103 |
ADVENTURE concerning Alice Hindman | 112 |
RESPECTABILITY concerning Wash Williams | 121 |
DRINK concerning Tom Foster | 210 |
DEATH concerning Doctor Reefy and Elizabeth Willard | 220 |
SOPHISTICATION concerning Helen White | 233 |
DEPARTURE concerning George Willard | 244 |
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