Spoon River Anthology. Illustrated

First published in 1915, Spoon River Anthology stands as one of the most original and haunting works in American poetry. Through a series of over two hundred free-verse epitaphs, Edgar Lee Masters gives voice to the dead citizens of the small fictional town of Spoon River, each speaking from beyond the grave to reveal the hidden truths of their lives. What begins as a simple collection of epitaphs becomes a powerful social portrait — a tapestry of love and betrayal, ambition and failure, hy...