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The Egg

Sherwood Anderson

First published October 1999
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

A man desperately wants to be successful; he starts a chicken farm, the birds die, and everything fails. He can't even master the parlor trick of making an egg stand on end.

First printed as 'The Triumph of the Egg' in 'The Dial' March 1920.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
October 1999 Cover 100 Hilarious Little Howlers Barnes & Noble Books Anthology 119
July 2002 Cover Great American Short Stories Dover Publications Anthology 231