Winesburg, Ohio
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1. The Book of the Grotesque
2. Hands
3. Paper Pills
4. Mother
5. The Philosopher
6. Nobody Knows
7. Godliness, Part I
8. Godliness, Part II
9. Godliness, Part III: Surrender
10. Godliness, Part IV: Terror
11. A Man of Ideas
12. Adventure
13. Respectability
14. The Thinker
15. Tandy
16. The Strength of God
17. The Teacher
18. Loneliness
19. An Awakening
20. Queer
21. The Untold Lie
22. Drink
23. Death
24. Sophistication
25. Departure
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Coming of Age, Independence, and Manhood
Alienation
Grief
Faith, Fate, and Meaning
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George Willard
Elizabeth Willard
Doctor Reefy
Tom Willard
Doctor Parcival
Jesse Bentley
Louise Bentley
Helen White
Wing Biddlebaum / Adolph Meyers
John Hardy
David Hardy
The Writer
Joe Welling
Alice Hindman
Wash Williams
Belle Carpenter
Seth Richmond
Tandy Hard
Reverend Curtis Hartman
Kate Swift
Enoch Robinson
Elmer Cowley
Ray Pearson
Tom Foster
Hal Winters
Ed Hanby
The Narrator
Albert Hardy
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Grotesque
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Hands
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Allusions
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Foil
Genre
Imagery
Irony
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Mood
Motifs
Paradox
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Satire
Setting
Similes
Situational Irony
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Tone
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Introduction
Intro
Plot Summary
Plot
Summary & Analysis
1. The Book of the Grotesque
2. Hands
3. Paper Pills
4. Mother
5. The Philosopher
6. Nobody Knows
7. Godliness, Part I
8. Godliness, Part II
9. Godliness, Part III: Surrender
10. Godliness, Part IV: Terror
11. A Man of Ideas
12. Adventure
13. Respectability
14. The Thinker
15. Tandy
16. The Strength of God
17. The Teacher
18. Loneliness
19. An Awakening
20. Queer
21. The Untold Lie
22. Drink
23. Death
24. Sophistication
25. Departure
Themes
All Themes
Coming of Age, Independence, and Manhood
Alienation
Grief
Faith, Fate, and Meaning
Quotes
Characters
All Characters
George Willard
Elizabeth Willard
Doctor Reefy
Tom Willard
Doctor Parcival
Jesse Bentley
Louise Bentley
Helen White
Wing Biddlebaum / Adolph Meyers
John Hardy
David Hardy
The Writer
Joe Welling
Alice Hindman
Wash Williams
Belle Carpenter
Seth Richmond
Tandy Hard
Reverend Curtis Hartman
Kate Swift
Enoch Robinson
Elmer Cowley
Ray Pearson
Tom Foster
Hal Winters
Ed Hanby
The Narrator
Albert Hardy
Terms
All Terms
Grotesque
Symbols
All Symbols
Hands
Lit Devices
All Literary Devices
Allusions
Flashbacks
Foil
Genre
Imagery
Irony
Metaphors
Mood
Motifs
Paradox
Personification
Satire
Setting
Similes
Situational Irony
Style
Tone
Theme Wheel
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