Sherwood Anderson

"A short story collection build around the life of George Willard, from the time he was a child to him becoming a young man." --Amazon.com.

"These notes make no pretense of being a record of fact. That isn't their object. They are merely notes of impressions, a record of vagrant thoughts, hopes, ideas that have floated through the mind of one present-day American...It is my aim to be true to the essence of things. That's what I'm after." Told through many notes in four books and an epilogue, Sherwood Anderson's memoir of Midwestern life and culture journeys through the author's own imaginative...

"Triumph of the Egg and Other Stories" is a collection of fifteen stories published in 1921. It includes some of his greatest works: "The Egg," a story about the struggle to find success and happiness in the American Midwest, "I'm a Fool," about a young man who sabotages his chance at love because of his own feelings of inferiority, and "I Want to Know Why," about the confusion and desperation felt by a boy entering adulthood.

Marching Men (1917) is a novel by Sherwood Anderson. Both fictional and autobiographical, Anderson's second novel is a coming of age story that explores the individual and collective identities shaping American life. Although he is known today for his story collection Winesburg, Ohio, a pioneering work of Modernist literature admired for its plainspoken language and psychological detail, Anderson's Marching Men is a powerful work of fiction that helped...

Many Marriages (1923) is a novel by Sherwood Anderson. Inspired by his own decision to abandon his family and career in order to establish himself as a professional writer, Anderson explores the guilts, routines, desires, and disappointments driving the lives of many Americans in the early-twentieth century. Although he is, known today for his story collection Winesburg, Ohio, a pioneering work of Modernist fiction admired for its plainspoken language...

"Winesburg, Ohio" by Sherwood Anderson is a seminal work of American literature, first published in 1919. This collection of interconnected short stories paints a vivid portrait of life in a small Midwestern town at the turn of the 20th century. The book's protagonist, George Willard, a young reporter for the local newspaper, serves as the thread connecting the various tales of the town's inhabitants. Each story delves into the inner lives of Winesburg's...

This autobiographical novel by the writer of Winesburg, Ohio recounts a young boy's childhood in the latenineteenth-century rural Midwest. Sherwood Anderson established his reputation as a great American writer with his sensitive portrayals of Midwestern life at the turn of the twentieth century. First published in 1926, Tar: A Midwest Childhood, is Anderson's reflection on the Ohio small town of his youth and the experiences that informed and inspired...

In the tumultuous year of 1916, amidst the horrors of World War I, a group of extraordinary writers gather to capture the complexities of a nation on the brink of change. Sherwood Anderson, Willa Cather, and Edgar Lee Masters, among others, weave a tapestry of stories that explore the human condition in the face of adversity. From the trenches of Europe to the bustling streets of Chicago, these literary giants delve into themes of love, loss, and...