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Winesburg, Ohio

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Published in 1919, and listed on the Modern Library roster of the 20th century's 100 greatest novels in English, Winesburg, Ohio presents a series of loosely related character studies of the inhabitants of a fictional Midwestern town that together form a novel of unusual unity and vision. The inarticulate and lonely citizens of Winesburg, each with his or her own secret tale to tell, frequently relate those tales to, or through their interactions with, the character of George Willard, a young Winesburg citizen on the cusp of manhood with dreams of becoming a writer. Thus Winesburg tells the story of the townspeople's loneliness and alienation in parallel with the tale of George's own coming of age. The citizens of Winesburg are described obliquely as "grotesques," but as the introductory chapter makes clear, "The grotesques were not all horrible. Some were amusing, some almost beautiful . . ." (Description by Stewart Wills) (7 hr 21 min)

Chapters

Book of the Grotesque, The

8:08

Read by Stewart Wills

Hands

15:22

Read by Stewart Wills

Paper pills

7:20

Read by Rosalind Wills

Mother

23:43

Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950 - 2014)

Philosopher, The

15:17

Read by David Rowland

Nobody knows

8:26

Read by Patti Brugman

Godliness

23:23

Read by Gigi Minden

Godliness, Part II, also concerning Jesse Bentley

23:20

Read by webslog

Godliness, Part III Surrender, concerning Louise Bentley

19:01

Read by Stewart Wills

Godliness, Part IV Terror, concerning David Hardy

12:45

Read by David Barnes

Man of Ideas, A

17:50

Read by Craig Summers

Adventure

17:32

Read by Sandra

Respectability

16:00

Read by Steve Karafit

Thinker, The

32:36

Read by John Lieder

Tandy

7:27

Read by Betsie Bush

Strength of God, The

18:32

Read by Chris Hughes

Teacher, The

19:40

Read by Chris Hughes

Loneliness

22:27

Read by Betsie Bush

Awakening, An

18:12

Read by J. M. Smallheer

Queer

20:38

Read by ML Cohen

Untold Lie, The

16:55

Read by Martin Rink

Drink

19:58

Read by Miguel Rodriguez

Death

26:33

Read by Cori Samuel

Sophistication

23:27

Read by Val Grimm

Departure

6:36

Read by ranchmutt

Bewertungen

The most well known 20th Century short story collection.

(4 Sterne)

This book was an extremely influential short story collections. Several of the readers are excellent. Others aren't. The setting of the stories is the American Midwest. it sounds weird when a British or Irish reader tries their hand at it.

GRIM Doesn't Come Close

(2 Sterne)

I couldn't listen to more than a third of this story. Supposed to be one of the top 100. Everything was grim or grim coupled with pain. Very well written. The authour had me THERE with him, but I had to leave.