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The Egg and Other Stories

Sherwood Anderson

Publisher: Charles River Editors

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Summary

This is a collection of 15 short stories that were written by Sherwood Anderson and published in 1921.  This was Anderson's first short story collection after the extremely successful Winesburg, Ohio.  A table of contents is included.
Available since: 03/22/2018.

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