The portable Sherwood Anderson

S. Anderson, H. Gregory

Winesburg, Ohio is a collection of related short stories, which could be loosely defined as a novel. The stories are centered on the protagonist George Willard and the fictional inhabitants of the town of Winesburg, Ohio. The work explores the theme of loneliness and frustration in small-town America. "Poor white" revolves around two main characters, Hugh McVey and Clara Butterworth. It tells of how the spread of industrialism affected the agrarian towns of the Midwest. The story "Hands" is a portret of a man who suffered from suspicion of pedophilia.