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Plot introduction

This critically acclaimed work of fiction by American author Sherwood Anderson is a collection of related short stories, which could be loosely defined as a novel. The book was published in 1919. The stories are centered on the protagonist George Willard and the fictional inhabitants of the town of Winesburg, Ohio.