Death in the Woods (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Sherwood Anderson
- First Published: 1926
- Type of Plot: Psychological
- Time of Work: Probably the late nineteenth century
- Setting: Illinois
- Principal Characters: Mrs. Grimes, Jake Grimes, The unnamed narrator, His brother
- Genres: Psychological fiction, Short fiction
- Subjects: Dogs, Farms, farmers, or farming, Death or dying, Sexual harassment, Servants
- Locales: Illinois
The Story
“Death in the Woods” ostensibly concerns a farm woman, Mrs. Grimes, who, although only in her early forties, seems old and probably demented. She has no first name in the story, and, indeed, very little is known about her at all. The narrator, a man who remembers and re-creates the story's events from his childhood, tries to put together the few things that he actually does know. Through this re-creation, he searches for meaning and for completion. He needs the events to make sense.
“The old woman was nothing special,” the narrator remembers. “She was...
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See Also:
Sherwood Anderson (Cyclopedia of World Authors)Sherwood Anderson (Short Fiction)Sherwood Anderson (Identities and Issues)Sherwood Anderson (Long Fiction)Theory of Short Fiction (Topical Overview--Short Fiction)
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