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by Sherwood Anderson

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"Prologue: "The Book of the Grotesque"

An old writer hired a carpenter to raise his bed level with the windows. The carpenter wept telling the old writer about his brother's death. Lying in bed, the old writer's thoughts of dying made him more alive. He dreamt of versions of people he had known and wrote a book entitled "The Book of the Grotesque." He wrote that the world had been filled by thoughts which man made into beautiful truths. The figures grasped one of the truths as absolute. This decision transformed the figure into a grotesque and truth into a lie.

"Hands"

Wing Biddlebaum lived isolated from town life. He would hear ghostly voices and spoke closely only with George Willard. Wing tried desperately to hide his hands. One day, Wing…

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• Winesburg, Ohio Summary
• About Winesburg, Ohio
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• Major Themes
• Summary and Analysis of Prologue, Book of the Grotesque
• Summary and Analysis of Hands, Paper Pills, Mother
• Summary and Analysis of The Philosopher, Nobody Knows
• Summary and Analysis of Godliness Parts I-IV
• Summary and Analysis of A Man of Ideas, Adventure, Respectability
• Summary and Analysis of The Thinker, Tandy, The Strength of God
• Summary and Analysis of The Teacher, Loneliness, An Awakening
• Summary and Analysis of Queer, The Untold Lie, Drink
• Summary and Analysis of Death, Sophistication, Departure
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