“There was the hum of bees, and the musky odor of pinks filled the air. -The Awakening, Kate Chopin There was the hum of bees, and the musky odor of pinks filled the air. The birds, wilting from the record-breaking heat splashed in the baths,…

“He stayed that way for a long time and when he aroused himself and again looked out of the car window the town of Winesburg had disappeared and his life there had become but a background on which to paint the dreams of his manhood.”…