Sherwood Anderson Books

Marching Men

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

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.

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.