Sherwood Anderson's timeless cycle of loosely connected tales—in which a young reporter named George Willard probes the hopes, dreams, and fears of the solitary people in a small Midwestern town at the turn of the century—embraced a new frankness and realism that ushered American literature into the modern age. It is a work of love, an attempt to break down the walls of loneliness, and, in its own fashion, a celebration of small-town life in the lost days of good will and innocence.

Sherwood Anderson (September 13, 1876—March 8, 1941) was an American novelist and short story writer. His most enduring work is the short story sequence Winesburg, Ohio. His simple and direct writing style, with which he portrayed important moments in the lives of his characters, influenced both Ernest Hemingway and William Faulkner.

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"Winesburg, Ohio, when it first appeared, kept me up a whole night in a steady crescendo of emotion." —Hart Crane