This week we continue our journey to Winesburg, Ohio with the next 3 stories in the book: “The Philosopher”, “Nobody Knows” and “Godliness, A Tale in Four Parts, Part 1”. It is said “the stories of Winesburg, Ohio can be challenging. They have a rambling, episodic quality. There is less focus on plot and more exploration of human nature and the problems of these characters.” As we get further into the book, we meet more and more of the characters who live in Winesburg. Anderson gives us such a brutal look at life at the end of the 1800s. And yet, it seems things never really change. Do they.
These two stories are about marriage, one from a man’s perspective and one from a woman’s. It is interesting that Mansfield would choose to...
This week we bring you “The Open Window” and more from Hector Hugh Munro. H H Munro, better known by the pen name Saki,...
This week we bring you “My Old Man” by Ernest Hemingway. Hemingway was an iconic American journalist and author, known for his brief and...