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Death in the Woods

Sherwood Anderson

First published 1933
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

The life and death of Mrs. Grimes: From her abusive childhood to her abusive marriage to her freezing to death walking home from town where she had bought food for her beloved dogs.

First published in The American Mercury, Sept 1926.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1933 Great Stories of All Nations: One Hundred Sixty Complete Stories from the Literatures of All Periods and Countries Tudor Publishing Company Anthology 716
December 1996 Cover American Gothic Tales Plume / Penguin Anthology 163
1997 American Gothic Tales Plume / Penguin / BCE Anthology 163