Sherwood Anderson





Sherwood Anderson

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born
in Camden, Ohio, The United States
September 13, 1876

died
March 08, 1941

gender
male

genre


About this author

Sherwood Anderson was an American writer who was mainly known for his short stories, most notably the collection Winesburg, Ohio. That work's influence on American fiction was profound, and its literary voice can be heard in Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, Thomas Wolfe, John Steinbeck, Erskine Caldwell and others.


Average rating: 3.84 · 14,203 ratings · 1,297 reviews · 103 distinct works · Similar authors
Winesburg, Ohio
3.81 of 5 stars 3.81 avg rating — 11,848 ratings — published 1919 — 219 editions
The Egg and Other Stories
3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 170 ratings — published 1998 — 6 editions
Death in the Woods and Othe...
4.06 of 5 stars 4.06 avg rating — 157 ratings — published 1933 — 5 editions
Poor White
3.63 of 5 stars 3.63 avg rating — 131 ratings — published 1920 — 24 editions
Certain Things Last: The Se...
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4.24 of 5 stars 4.24 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 1992 — 3 editions
Triumph of the Egg
4.12 of 5 stars 4.12 avg rating — 51 ratings — published 1919 — 20 editions
The Portable Sherwood Anderson
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4.23 of 5 stars 4.23 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 1949 — 6 editions
Dark Laughter
3.18 of 5 stars 3.18 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 1925 — 7 editions
Windy McPherson's Son
3.46 of 5 stars 3.46 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 1916 — 14 editions
Sherwood Anderson: Short St...
4.05 of 5 stars 4.05 avg rating — 19 ratings2 editions
More books by Sherwood Anderson…
“In that high place in the darkness the two oddly sensitive human atoms held each other tightly and waited. In the mind of each was the same thought. "I have come to this lonely place and here is this other," was the substance of the thing felt.”
Sherwood Anderson, Winesburg, Ohio

“Love is like a wind stirring the grass beneath trees on a black night,' he had said. 'You must not try to make love definite. It is the divine accident of life. If you try to be definite and sure about it and to live beneath the trees, where soft night winds blow, the long hot day of disappointment comes swiftly and the gritty dust from passing wagons gathers upon lips inflamed and made tender by kisses.”
Sherwood Anderson, Winesburg, Ohio

“You must try to forget all you have learned,” said the old man. “You must begin to dream. From this time on you must shut your ears to the roaring of the voices.”
Sherwood Anderson, Winesburg, Ohio

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