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)
81XXI: Hortense's Cigarette Goes Out
2Introduction
82XXII: Behind the Times
3Historical Context
83XXIII: Poor Aunt Carola!
4Synopsis (Selection)
84XXIV: Post Scriptum
5Novels
85Padre Ignacio: or, the Song of Temptation
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6The Dragon of Wantley: His Tale (pt. 1)
86I
7The Dragon of Wantley: His Tale (pt. 2)
87II
8Lin McLean
88III
9HOW LIN McLEAN WENT EAST
89IV
10THE WINNING OF THE BISCUIT-SHOOTER
90V
11LIN McLEAN'S HONEY-MOON
91VI
12SEPAR'S VIGILANTE
92Short Stories
13DESTINY AT DRYBONE
93Red Man and White
14IN THE AFTER-DAYS
94PREFACE
15The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains
95LITTLE BIG HORN MEDICINE
16TO THEODORE ROOSEVELT
96SPECIMEN JONES
17TO THE READER
97THE SERENADE AT SISKIYOU
18I. ENTER THE MAN
98THE GENERAL’S BLUFF
19II. "WHEN YOU CALL ME THAT, SMILE!"
99SALVATION GAP
20III. STEVE TREATS
100THE SECOND MISSOURI COMPROMISE
21IV. DEEP INTO CATTLE LAND
101LA TINAJA BONITA
22V. ENTER THE WOMAN
102A PILGRIM ON THE GILA
23VI. EM'LY
103The Jimmyjohn Boss, and Other Stories
24VII. THROUGH TWO SNOWS
104Preface
25VIII. THE SINCERE SPINSTER
105The Jimmyjohn Boss
26IX. THE SPINSTER MEETS THE UNKNOWN
106A Kinsman of Red Cloud
27X. WHERE FANCY WAS BRED
107Sharon's Choice
28XI. "YOU RE GOING TO LOVE ME BEFORE WE GET THROUGH"
108Napoleon Shave-Tail
29XII. QUALITY AND EQUALITY
109Twenty Minutes for Refreshments
30XIII. THE GAME AND THE NATION—ACT FIRST
110The Promised Land
31XIV. BETWEEN THE ACTS
111Hank's Woman
32XV. THE GAME AND THE NATION—ACT SECOND
112Padre Ignazio
33XVI. THE GAME AND THE NATION—LAST ACT
113Mother
34XVII. SCIPIO MORALIZES
114How Doth the Simple Spelling Bee
35XVIII. "WOULD YOU BE A PARSON?"
115Non-Fiction
36XIX. DR. MACBRIDE BEGS PARDON
116Musk-Ox, Bison, Sheep and Goat
37XX. THE JUDGE IGNORES PARTICULARS
117THE MUSK-OX AND ITS HUNTING
38XXI. IN A STATE OF SIN
118THE BISON
39XXII. "WHAT IS A RUSTLER?"
119THE MOUNTAIN SHEEP: HIS WAYS
40XXIII. VARIOUS POINTS
120THE WHITE GOAT AND HIS WAYS
41XXIV. A LETTER WITH A MORAL
121The Pentecost of Calamity
42XXV. PROGRESS OF THE LOST DOG
122I
43XXVI. BALAAM AND PEDRO
123II
44XXVII. GRANDMOTHER STARK
124III
45XXVIII. NO DREAM TO WAKE FROM
125IV
46XXIX. WORD TO BENNINGTON
126V
47XXX. A STABLE ON THE FLAT
127VI
48XXXI. THE COTTONWOODS
128VII
49XXXII. SUPERSTITION TRAIL
129VIII
50XXXIII. THE SPINSTER LOSES SOME SLEEP
130IX
51XXXIV. TO FIT HER FINGER
131X
52XXXV. WITH MALICE AFORETHOUGHT
132XI
53XXXVI. AT DUNBARTON
133XII
54Philosophy 4: A Story of Harvard University
134XIII
55I
135XIV
56II
136XV
57III
137A Straight Deal; Or, The Ancient Grudge
58IV
138Chapter I: Concerning One's Letter Box
59V
139Chapter II: What the Postman Brought
60Lady Baltimore
140Chapter III: In Front of a Bulletin Board
61I: A Word about My Aunt
141Chapter IV: "My Army of Spies"
62II: I Vary My Lunch
142Chapter V: The Ancient Grudge
63III: Kings Port Talks
143Chapter VI: Who Is Without Sin?
64IV: THE GIRL BEHIND THE COUNTER—I
144Chapter VII: Tarred with the Same Stick
65V: The Boy of the Cake
145Chapter VIII: History Astigmatic
66VI: In the Churchyard
146Chapter IX: Concerning a Complex
67VII: The Girl Behind the Counter—II
147Chapter X: Jackstraws
68VIII: Midsummer-Night's Dream
148Chapter XI: Some Family Scraps
69IX: Juno
149Chapter XII: On the Ragged Edge
70X: High Walk and the Ladies
150Chapter XIII: Benefits Forgot
71XI: Daddy Ben and His Seed
151Chapter XIV: England the Slacker!
72XII: From the Bedside
152Chapter XV: Rude Britannia, Crude Columbia
73XIII: The Girl Behind the Counter—III
153Chapter XVI: An International Imposture
74XIV: The Replacers
154Chapter XVII: Paint
75XV: What She Came to See
155Chapter XVIII: The Will to Friendship—or the Will to Hate?
76XVI: The Steel Wasp
156Chapter XIX: Lion and Cub
77XVII: Doing the Handsome Thing
157Analysis
78XVIII: Again the Replacers
158Reflection
79XIX: Udolpho
159Memorable Quotes
80XX: What She Wanted Him For
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