One of OursStandard Ebooks Claude Wheeler is the son of a successful Nebraskan farmer and a very devout mother. He’s sent to a private religious college because his mother feels it’s safer, but he yearns for State college where he might be able expand his knowledge of the real world. Claude doesn’t feel comfortable in any situation, and almost every step he takes is a wrong one. While he’s struggling to find his way in a questionable marriage, the U.S. decides to enter World War I, and Claude enlists. He’s commissioned as a lieutenant, and he and his outfit are deployed to France in the waning months of the war. There Claude finds the purpose he’s been missing his whole life. One of Ours is Cather’s first novel following the completion of her Prairie Trilogy, which she finished before the U.S. had entered the war. Cather’s cousin Grosvenor had grown up on the farm next to hers, had many of the traits she gave to Claude, and, like her protagonist, went with the Army to France towards the end of the war. After the war was over, she felt compelled to write something different than the novels she had become known for, saying that this one “stood between me and anything else.” Although today it’s not considered her best work, the novel won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1923. This book is part of the Standard Ebooks project, which produces free public domain ebooks. |
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... France , and had a very poor opinion of any place farther away than Chicago ; yet he was perfectly prepared for the legend of Joan of Arc , and often thought about her when he was bringing in his cobs in the evening , or when he was ...
... France any more ? Can that be true ? ” " That's what it looks like . Though the papers say it's only a precautionary measure . " She rose . " Let's go up to the map . I don't remember exactly where Bordeaux is . Mahailey , you won't let ...
... France and the Department of the Seine ' - shall I skip the history ? ” " No. Read it all . " He cleared his throat and began again : " At its first appearance in history , there was nothing to foreshadow the important part which Paris ...
... France , but of the world ! He knew he was not the only farmer boy who wished himself tonight beside the Marne . The fact that the river had a pronounceable name , with a hard Western r standing like a keystone in the middle of it ...
... France will be beaten to a standstill . The whole German army will be on the Western front now . What could this country do ? How long do you suppose it takes to make an army ? ” Mrs. Wheeler stopped short in her restless pacing and met ...