Winesburg, Ohio
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1. The Book of the Grotesque 2. Hands 3. Paper Pills 4. Mother 5. The Philosopher 6. Nobody Knows 7. Godliness, Part I 8. Godliness, Part II 9. Godliness, Part III: Surrender 10. Godliness, Part IV: Terror 11. A Man of Ideas 12. Adventure 13. Respectability 14. The Thinker 15. Tandy 16. The Strength of God 17. The Teacher 18. Loneliness 19. An Awakening 20. Queer 21. The Untold Lie 22. Drink 23. Death 24. Sophistication 25. Departure
Themes
All Themes Coming of Age, Independence, and Manhood Alienation Grief Faith, Fate, and Meaning
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Characters
All Characters George Willard Elizabeth Willard Doctor Reefy Tom Willard Doctor Parcival Jesse Bentley Louise Bentley Helen White Wing Biddlebaum / Adolph Meyers John Hardy David Hardy The Writer Joe Welling Alice Hindman Wash Williams Belle Carpenter Seth Richmond Tandy Hard Reverend Curtis Hartman Kate Swift Enoch Robinson Elmer Cowley Ray Pearson Tom Foster Hal Winters Ed Hanby The Narrator Albert Hardy
Terms
All Terms Grotesque
Symbols
All Symbols Hands
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Winesburg, Ohio

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Sherwood Anderson
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