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Author Description Often autobiographical, works of American writer <b>Sherwood Anderson</b> include <i> <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/80176.Winesburg__Ohio" title="Winesburg, Ohio" rel="nofollow noopener">Winesburg, Ohio</a> </i> (1919). <br /><br />He supported his family and consequently never finished high school. He successfully managed a paint factory in Elyria before 1912 and fathered three children with the first of his four wives. In 1912, Anderson deserted his family and job. <br /><br />In early 1913, he moved to Chicago, where he devoted more time to his imagination. He broke with considered materialism and convention to commit to art as a consequently heroic model for youth. <br /><br />Mainly know for his short stories, most notably the collection Winesburg, Ohio. One can hear its profound influence on fiction in <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1455.Ernest_Miller_Hemingway" title="Ernest Miller Hemingway" rel="nofollow noopener">Ernest Miller Hemingway</a>, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3535.William_Faulkner" title="William Faulkner" rel="nofollow noopener">William Faulkner</a>, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7921.Thomas_Clayton_Wolfe" title="Thomas Clayton Wolfe" rel="nofollow noopener">Thomas Clayton Wolfe</a>, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/585.John_Ernst_Steinbeck" title="John Ernst Steinbeck" rel="nofollow noopener">John Ernst Steinbeck</a>, and <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/17326.Erskine_Preston_Caldwell" title="Erskine Preston Caldwell" rel="nofollow noopener">Erskine Preston Caldwell</a>.<br /><br />Most important book collects 22 stories. The stories explore the inhabitants of a fictional version of Clyde, the small farm town, where Anderson lived for twelve early years. These tales made a significant break with the traditional short story. Instead of emphasizing plot and action, Anderson used a simple, precise, unsentimental style to reveal the frustration, loneliness, and longing in the lives of his characters. The narrowness of Midwestern small-town life and their own limitations stunt these characters. <br /><br />Despite no wholly successful novel, Anderson composed several classic short stories. He influenced <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3190.Francis_Scott_Key_Fitzgerald" title="Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald" rel="nofollow noopener">Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald</a> and the coming generation.

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