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The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains
Owen Wister
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Description for The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains
Paperback. Editor(s): Shulman, Robert. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FJW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 280.
The Virginian (1902) is Owen Wister's classic popular romance, and the most significant shaping influence on cowboy fiction. Its narrator, fresh from the East, encounters in Wyoming cattle country a strange, seductive and often violent land where the handsome figure of the Virginian battles for supremacy with Trampas and other ne'er-do-wells. His courtship of the genteel Vermont schoolteacher, Molly Wood, is a humourously observed battle of the sexes, demonstrating that the 'customs of the country' must eventually prevail. Rich in vernacular wit and portraying a romanticized escape from the decorum of the patrician East, The Virginian exudes ... Read more
The Virginian (1902) is Owen Wister's classic popular romance, and the most significant shaping influence on cowboy fiction. Its narrator, fresh from the East, encounters in Wyoming cattle country a strange, seductive and often violent land where the handsome figure of the Virginian battles for supremacy with Trampas and other ne'er-do-wells. His courtship of the genteel Vermont schoolteacher, Molly Wood, is a humourously observed battle of the sexes, demonstrating that the 'customs of the country' must eventually prevail. Rich in vernacular wit and portraying a romanticized escape from the decorum of the patrician East, The Virginian exudes ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Series
Oxford World's Classics
Condition
New
Weight
280g
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199554102
SKU
V9780199554102
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About Owen Wister
Robert Shulman is Professor of English and American Studies at the University of Washington.
Reviews for The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains
An excellent edition. / Rhys Williams, Warwick University