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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... Gladys Farmer was the best musician in Frankfort , and she would probably like to hear it . Claude and Gladys were old friends , from their High School days , though they hadn't seen much of each other while he was going to college ...
... Gladys. When he was offended, he seldom stopped to reason about his state of feeling. He avoided the person and the thought of the person, as if it were a sore spot in his mind. XVII It had been Mr. Wheeler's intention to stay at.
... Almost any way . What a beautiful night ! And I love your bells , Claude . I haven't heard sleighbells since you used to bring me and Gladys home from school in stormy weather . Why don't we stop for her tonight ? She has furs now ,
... Gladys ? " “ It would , if she minded . But she's just as serene ! They must have something to fuss about , and of course poor Mrs. Farmer's back taxes are piling up . I certainly suspect Bayliss of the furs . " Claude did not feel as ...
... Gladys Farmer appeared. “Why, I didn't know you had company, Mother,” she said, coming in to greet them. This meant, Claude supposed, that Bayliss was not company. He scarcely glanced at Gladys as he took the hand she held out to him ...