Portraying the characters and events of a small Midwestern town at the
end of the nineteenth century,
Winesburg, Ohio is a chronological cycle of
stories which reads like an episodic novel. Centring on George Willard, a
young local reporter with big-city aspirations, and his conversations with fellow
inhabitants, the book gives voice to a disparate cast of figures and lays
bare the constraints and struggles of life in a small community.
A landmark work of American naturalism and a priceless chronicle of rural
life,
Winesburg, Ohio has been compared to the writings of Turgenev,
Chekhov, Dreiser and Twain, and hugely influenced authors such as Steinbeck,
Hemingway and Faulkner.
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'The father of my generation of American writers and the tradition
of American writing which our successors will carry on.'
William Faulkner
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Winesburg, Ohio
