The Essential Works of Owen Wister (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Western Classics, Adventure & Historical Novels (Including Non-fiction Historical Works)By Owen Wister
Length68h 52m
About this audiobook
The Essential Works of Owen Wister gathers the fiction and essays through which Wister helped define the imaginative geography of the American West. Best known for The Virginian, the archetypal cowboy novel, Wister writes in a polished, ironic, and morally attentive style shaped by late nineteenth-century realism and romance. His frontier is both landscape and testing ground, where codes of honor, class, masculinity, violence, and national identity are dramatized with unusual narrative control. Born in Philadelphia in 1860 and educated at Harvard, Wister moved easily among Eastern elites, yet repeated travels to Wyoming and the wider West gave him the material that transformed his literary career. Trained in music and law before turning fully to writing, he brought to Western subjects the sensibility of a cultivated observer, fascinated by regional speech, social hierarchy, and the tensions between civilization and freedom. This volume is recommended for readers interested in the origins of the Western genre, American literary nationalism, and the cultural mythology of the frontier. It rewards both general readers and scholars with its blend of adventure, social observation, and historical significance.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A comprehensive Introduction outlines these selected works' unifying features, themes, or stylistic evolutions.
- A Historical Context section situates the works in their broader era—social currents, cultural trends, and key events that underpin their creation.
- A concise Synopsis (Selection) offers an accessible overview of the included texts, helping readers navigate plotlines and main ideas without revealing critical twists.
- A unified Analysis examines recurring motifs and stylistic hallmarks across the collection, tying the stories together while spotlighting the different work's strengths.
- Reflection questions inspire deeper contemplation of the author's overarching message, inviting readers to draw connections among different texts and relate them to modern contexts.
- Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.
Audiobook details
GenreAction and Adventure, Literary Classics
Length68 hrs 52 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 21, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The Essential Works of Owen Wister (Annotated)
2Introduction
3Historical Context
4Synopsis (Selection)
5Novels
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6The Dragon of Wantley: His Tale (pt. 1)
7The Dragon of Wantley: His Tale (pt. 2)
8Lin McLean
9HOW LIN McLEAN WENT EAST
10THE WINNING OF THE BISCUIT-SHOOTER
11LIN McLEAN'S HONEY-MOON
12SEPAR'S VIGILANTE
13DESTINY AT DRYBONE
14IN THE AFTER-DAYS
15The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains
16TO THEODORE ROOSEVELT
17TO THE READER
18I. ENTER THE MAN
19II. "WHEN YOU CALL ME THAT, SMILE!"
20III. STEVE TREATS
21IV. DEEP INTO CATTLE LAND
22V. ENTER THE WOMAN
23VI. EM'LY
24VII. THROUGH TWO SNOWS
25VIII. THE SINCERE SPINSTER
26IX. THE SPINSTER MEETS THE UNKNOWN
27X. WHERE FANCY WAS BRED
28XI. "YOU RE GOING TO LOVE ME BEFORE WE GET THROUGH"
29XII. QUALITY AND EQUALITY
30XIII. THE GAME AND THE NATION—ACT FIRST
31XIV. BETWEEN THE ACTS
32XV. THE GAME AND THE NATION—ACT SECOND
33XVI. THE GAME AND THE NATION—LAST ACT
34XVII. SCIPIO MORALIZES
35XVIII. "WOULD YOU BE A PARSON?"
36XIX. DR. MACBRIDE BEGS PARDON
37XX. THE JUDGE IGNORES PARTICULARS
38XXI. IN A STATE OF SIN
39XXII. "WHAT IS A RUSTLER?"
40XXIII. VARIOUS POINTS
41XXIV. A LETTER WITH A MORAL
42XXV. PROGRESS OF THE LOST DOG
43XXVI. BALAAM AND PEDRO
44XXVII. GRANDMOTHER STARK
45XXVIII. NO DREAM TO WAKE FROM
46XXIX. WORD TO BENNINGTON
47XXX. A STABLE ON THE FLAT
48XXXI. THE COTTONWOODS
49XXXII. SUPERSTITION TRAIL
50XXXIII. THE SPINSTER LOSES SOME SLEEP
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