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In 1919, Sherwood Anderson published his collection of loosely connected stories 'Winesburg, Ohio' and it became, almost instantly, an American cla...

November 21, 2022
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In 1919, Sherwood Anderson published his collection of loosely connected stories 'Winesburg, Ohio' and it became, almost instantly, an American classic. Anderson wrote 22 short stories, each about a citizen of his fictional Winesburg. At that time the small town was held in nearly religious awe. The pre-industrial town of most people's imaginations was full of big front yards, big oak trees with a swing hanging from a limb, and a freckle-faced lad with a dog: an Eden. Not all was as it appeared, said Anderson.

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