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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... guess whether or not he would be home for dinner . She and Mahailey could have a good time scrubbing and sweeping all day , with no men around to bother them . There were few days in the year when Wheeler did not drive off somewhere ...
... guess they come up from the barn . I've got a nice wide board down at the garage for your shelf . " The cellar was cemented , cool and dry , with deep closets for canned fruit and flour and groceries , bins for coal and cobs , and a ...
... 't big like you , is he ? I guess he ain't as tall as Mr. Ralph , even . " " Not quite , " said Claude between strokes . " He's strong , though , and gets through a lot of work . ” “Oh, I know! I know he is. I know he.
... guess most of them are good men , all right ; at any rate they know their subjects . These little pin - headed preachers like Weldon do a lot of harm , running about the country talking . He's sent around to pull in students for his own ...
... guess all fathers are the same . " She chuckled confidingly , leaning on Claude's arm as they descended the stairs . " I guess so . Did he hurt the horse much ? Which one was it ? " " The little black , Pompey . I believe he is rather a ...