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        Winesburg, Ohio


        setting

        Winesburg, Ohio

        time

        19th century

        language

        English

        region

        North America

        year published

        1919

        page count

        240

        difficulty

        Intermediate

        main characters

        George Willard, Wing Biddlebaum, Doctor Reefy

        Rip's impressions

        Reserved for Guest Editor

        first line

        The writer, an old man with a white mustache, had some difficulty in getting into bed. The windows of the house in which he lived were high and he wanted to look at the trees when he awoke in the morning. A carpenter came to fix the bed so that it would be on a level with the window.

        last lines

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