The Virginian, a Horseman of the Plains
By Owen Wister
Length13h 52m
About this audiobook
The novel begins with an unnamed narrator's arrival in Medicine Bow, Wyoming, from back East and his encounter with an impressively tall and handsome stranger who proves adept at roping horses, teasing a friend who is off to be married, and facing down a fellow gambler, Trampas, with a pistol and a gently threatening, "When you call me that, smile!" This stranger, known only as the Virginian, turns out to be the narrator's guide to Judge Henry's ranch in Sunk Creek, Wyoming. As the two travel the 263 miles to the ranch, the narrator, later nicknamed the "tenderfoot" and the Virginian begin to come to know one another as the Tenderfoot slowly begins to understand the nature of life in the West, which is very different from what he expected. This meeting is the beginning of what becomes a deep lifelong friendship and the starting point of the narrator's recounting of key episodes in the life of the Virginian. (Excerpt Wikipedia)
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Rating★★★★ 4.0 (18.1K)
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GenreGeneral Fiction
Length13 hrs 52 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 27, 2015
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2TO THE READER
3I. ENTER THE MAN
4II. "WHEN YOU CALL ME THAT, SMILE!"
5III. STEVE TREATS
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6IV. DEEP INTO CATTLE LAND
7V. ENTER THE WOMAN
8VI. EM'LY
9VII. THROUGH TWO SNOWS
10VIII. THE SINCERE SPINSTER
11IX. THE SPINSTER MEETS THE UNKNOWN
12X. WHERE FANCY WAS BRED
13XI. "YOU'RE GOING TO LOVE ME BEFORE WE GET THROUGH"
14XII. QUALITY AND EQUALITY
15XIII. THE GAME AND THE NATION—ACT FIRST
16XIV. BETWEEN THE ACTS
17XV. THE GAME AND THE NATION—ACT SECOND
18XVI. THE GAME AND THE NATION—LAST ACT
19XVII. SCIPIO MORALIZES
20XVIII. "WOULD YOU BE A PARSON?"
21XIX. DR. MACBRIDE BEGS PARDON
22XX. THE JUDGE IGNORES PARTICULARS
23XXI. IN A STATE OF SIN
24XXII. "WHAT IS A RUSTLER?"
25XXIII. VARIOUS POINTS
26XXIV. A LETTER WITH A MORAL
27XXV. PROGRESS OF THE LOST DOG
28XXVI. BALAAM AND PEDRO
29XXVII. GRANDMOTHER STARK
30XXVIII. NO DREAM TO WAKE FROM
31XXIX. WORD TO BENNINGTON
32XXX. A STABLE ON THE FLAT
33XXXI. THE COTTONWOODS
34XXXII. SUPERSTITION TRAIL
35XXXIII. THE SPINSTER LOSES SOME SLEEP
36XXXIV. TO FIT HER FINGER
37XXXV. WITH MALICE AFORETHOUGHT
38XXXVI. AT DUNBARTON
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