Table Of Contents:

List of Illustrations ix(2)
Preface and Acknowledgments xi(4)
Introduction xv
WINESBURG, OHIO A GROUP OF TALES OF OHIO SMALL TOWN LIFE 1(222)
Foreword The Book of the Grotesque 1(4)
THE TALES AND THE PERSONS 5(218)

Hands, concerning Wing Biddlebaum 5(8)

Paper Pills, concerning Doctor Reefy 13(4)

Mother, concerning Elizabeth Willard 17(10)

The Philosopher, concerning Doctor Parcival 27(8)

Nobody Knowns, concerning Louise Trunnion 35(5)

Godliness 40(40)

Part One, concerning Jesse Bentley 40(10)

Part Two, concerning Jess Bentley 50(14)

Part Three, concerning Louise Bentley 64(10)

Part Four, concering David Hardy 74(6)

A Man of Ideas, concerning Joe Welling 80(9)

Adventure, concerning Alice Hindman 89(9)

Respectability, concerning Wash Williams

The Thinker, concerning Seth Richmond 105(15)

Tandy, concerning Tandy Hard 120(4)

The Strength of God, concerning the Reverend Curtis Hartman 124(10)

The Teacher, concerning Kate Swift 134(9)

Loneliness, concerning Enoch Robinson 143(12)

An Awakening, concerning Belle Carpenter 155(11)

"Queer," concerning Elmer Cowley 166(12)

The Untold Lie, concerning Ray Pearson 178(7)

Drink, concerning Tom Foster 185(10)

Death, concerning Doctor Reefy and Elizabeth Willard 195(13)

Sophistication, concerning Helen White 208(11)

Departure, concerning George Willard 219(4)
Select Bibliography 223