Winesburg, Ohio: Original and Unabridged

Publisher Marketing: Winesburg, Ohioby American author"Sherwood Anderson" is based around the life of protagonist George Willard, from the time he was a child to his growing independence and ultimate abandonment of Winesburg as a young man. It is set in the fictional town of Winesburg, Ohio, which is based loosely on the author's childhood memories. Mostly written from late 1915 to early 1916, with a few stories completed closer to publication, they were ..".conceived as complementary parts of a whole, centered in the background of a single community." (Phillips) The book consists of twenty-two stories, with the first story, "The Book of the Grotesque," serving as an introduction. Each of the stories shares a specific character's past and present struggle to overcome the loneliness and isolation that seems to permeate the town. Stylistically, because of its emphasis on the psychological insights of characters over plot, and plain-spoken prose, Winesburg, Ohiois known as one of the earliest works ofModernist literature. Winesburg, Ohiowas received well by critics despite some reservations about its moral tone and unconventional storytelling. Though its reputation waned in the 1930s, it has since rebounded and is now considered one of the most influential portraits of pre-industrialsmall-town life in the United States and is considered one of the best English-language novels of the 20th century. Review Citations: Wilson Fiction Catalog 01/01/1995 pg. 19 (EAN 9780848804176, Library Binding) Wilson Senior High Core Col 01/01/1992 pg. 733 (EAN 9780140390599, Mass Market Paperbound) Bookpage 06/01/2002 pg. 11 (EAN 9780060010256, Analog Audio Cassette) Library Journal 01/01/1997 pg. 155 (EAN 9780821411803, Hardcover) Library Journal 01/01/1998 pg. 150 (EAN 9780821411803, Hardcover) School Library Journal 08/01/1999 (EAN 9781556855962, Analog Audio Cassette) Wilson Fiction Catalog 01/01/2000 pg. 15 (EAN 9780679601463, Hardcover) Wilson Fiction Catalog 01/01/2006 pg. 19 (EAN 9780679601463, Hardcover) Wilson Fiction Catalog 01/01/2010 pg. 16 (EAN 9780679601463, Hardcover) Wilson Fiction Catalog 01/01/2014 pg. 18 (EAN 9780679601463, Hardcover) Booklist 01/15/1992 pg. 910 (EAN 9780140433043, Paperback) Contributor Bio:  Anderson, Sherwood Sherwood Anderson was an American novelist, short-story writer, memoirist, essayist, and poet. A successful copywriter and business owner, Anderson's experience of a nervous breakdown precipitated his abandonment of his business and family in order to pursue a full-time writing career. Anderson went on to produce more than twenty published works in his lifetime, including the enduring short-story collection, Winesburg, Ohio, and his semi-autobiographical style served as an influence for some of the brightest writers of the succeeding generation, including Ernest Hemingway, John Steinbeck, William Faulkner, and Thomas Wolfe. Anderson died in 1941.