Sophistication by Sherwood Anderson

Like Winter Dreams, Sophistication follows a young man in love with a girl. This time his name is George Willard, her Helen White. She is quite rich, and is being pursued by an older, so-called "scholarly" man who she thinks little of. Our story is set at the county fair in late fall, where our characters are walking separately, but each thinking of the other, and a night years ago when they walked together. They both thought they acted foolishly that night, and wanted to see the other and let them know of their change in nature.

Also like Winter Dreams, these characters have not seen each other for some time, but still think of each other fondly. While it seems that they dreamed of each other, their dreams ended up coming true, unlike poor Dexter Green. George and Helen eventually find each other at the fair and are able to walk and talk quietly, and they seem to understand each other. "I have come to this lonely place and here is another" is what George uses as the only way to describe what happend to them.

In addition to being a love story, Sophistication is supposed to be what is called a "coming of age story," where the character learns something that transitions him/her from childhood to being an adult. I find it very interesting the loss of words George seemed to be at, and I think that is the author's attempt to say "this is what I think it is, but you must find it for yourself."