The Egg and Other Stories (Dover Thrift Editions) [Paperback]

Sherwood Anderson (Author)

Book Description

Series: Dover Thrift Editions | Publication Date: October 3, 2000

Published two years after the innovative, influential 1919 masterpiece Winesburg, Ohio, this collection of short stories solidified the author's reputation as a major American writer. These stories explore intriguing psychological depths, redolent with personal epiphanies, erotic undercurrents, and sudden eruptions of passion among seemingly repressed, inarticulate Midwesterners.

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About the Author

Sherwood Anderson (1876–1941) was an American novelist and short story writer. His most enduring work is the short story sequence Winesburg, Ohio. Writers he has influenced include Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, and John Steinbeck, among others. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 14 and up
  
• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Dover Publications (October 3, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0486414116
• ISBN-13: 978-0486414119
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #591,043 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Short Stories Must Be Finely Crafted, August 18, 2001

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This review is from: The Egg and Other Stories (Penguin Twentieth Century Classics) (Paperback)

Anytime we get a chance to read something by one of Hemingway and Faulkner's mentors, it's bound to be a unique treat, but this book will surprise you if you haven't read Anderson before. His delicate use of pathos and delicious sense of humor feel so contemporary. We Loved "The Egg" especially as it seemed to capture the American entreprenurial spirit and its often discouraging results with an especially humorous irony. Faulkner was right--short stories require more of a writer, as every word must forward the author's intent, and Anderson's success here proves that, like Hemingway, he may have been a better short story writer than novelist.

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sherwood Anderson should be more well-known, May 19, 2001

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This review is from: The Egg and Other Stories (Penguin Twentieth Century Classics) (Paperback)

I love reading short stories, and I think this is the best collection of stories I've ever read. I hope I get these titles right: I think especially notable are A Death In The Woods, The Corn Planting, Brother Death, The Other Woman, and The Masterpiece. There's not a bad story in here, and there are like 30 stories. I find Anderson's simple prose to be enchanting. His characterization is his strongest point; eighty years ago, he wrote characters to whom I can relate and understand today.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars How do you define failure and success in life?, March 23, 2000

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"laddman3" - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Egg and Other Stories (Penguin Twentieth Century Classics) (Paperback)

Sherwood Anderson knew the definition of such matters. In 'The Egg' (great story!), he uses allegory storytelling and an egg to create the definition of success in failure in rural America. The 'EGG' is representational of possibilities and oppurtunities, and creating that gilded goal so many look for, and in the story, sometimes lose focus of. A must read!