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Sherwood Anderson Books

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Sherwood Anderson, born in Clyde Ohio, chronicled small town American life, particularly in Ohio. He lived in Cleveland and Elyria during his long life, married four times, wrote nine novels and collections of stories, and hobnobbed with Hemmingway, Faulkner, and F. Scott Fitzgerald. His stories are have depth, yet retain a certain Midwestern naivety. His best-known work is Winesburg, Ohio.

Winesburg Ohio

The most well-known of Sherwood Anderson's books, this powerful story tells of small town Ohio life in the late 19th century, with surprising similarities to life today. The town described is actually Clyde, Ohio in north-central Ohio, where Andersen grew up.
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Poor White

Anderson's third novel continues his exploration of rural, early 20th century Midwest America.
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Sherwood Anderson: A Writer in America (2006)

Learn more about Sherwood Anderson, his life, and his work in this comprehensive biography by Walter Rideout. 852 pages. University of Wisconsin Press. Hardcover.
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Marching Men

This collection of stories is the first published work by Anderson. 290 pages. Case Western Reserve University Press. 1972.
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Many Marriages

This second, semi-autobiographical, of Anderson's novels was considered by many of his contemporaries, including F. Scott Fitzgerald, to be his finest work. Though much less well-known than Winesburg Ohio, it still enchants.
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Dark Laughter

A stream-of-consciousness narrative by Anderson, describing the breakdown of a marriage and an adulterous affair. Bruce Dudley is an unconventional dreamer who leaves his wife and family in Chicago and runs away to a small town in Indiana. There he takes a job as a factory hand and begins an affair with Aline Grey, the wife of his boss. The two eventually run away together, and Bruce passes himself off as Aline's husband.
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