One of OursThe Floating Press, 01.01.2012 - 421 Seiten This groundbreaking novel from acclaimed American writer Willa Cather was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1923. The tale follows the ups and downs of the young protagonist Claude Wheeler through his tumultuous transition to adulthood, as he takes on college life, new experiences, marriage, disillusionment, and finally, the ultimate test of courage on the battlefields of World War I. Cather explores with great precision and acuity the travails of an aimless youth, as well as the relief and clarity that discovering one's true purpose in life can bring. |
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... knew him, and wrinkled her nose and drew her upper lip back from her worn teeth, to show that she liked being petted. She let him touch her foot and examine her leg. When Claude reached the kitchen, his mother was sitting at one end of ...
... knew him, and wrinkled her nose and drew her upper lip back from her worn teeth, to show that she liked being petted. She let him touch her foot and examine her leg. When Claude reached the kitchen, his mother was sitting at one end of ...
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... knew he hated to drive the mules to town, and knew how he hated to go anywhere with Dan and Jerry. As for the hides, they were the skins of four steers that had perished in the blizzard last winter through the wanton carelessness of ...
... knew he hated to drive the mules to town, and knew how he hated to go anywhere with Dan and Jerry. As for the hides, they were the skins of four steers that had perished in the blizzard last winter through the wanton carelessness of ...
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... knew that he did not ask Ernest to go to the hotel with him because he had been so brought up that it would be difficult for him to do this simple thing. He made some purchases at the fruit stand and the cigar counter, and then hurried ...
... knew that he did not ask Ernest to go to the hotel with him because he had been so brought up that it would be difficult for him to do this simple thing. He made some purchases at the fruit stand and the cigar counter, and then hurried ...
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... knew you wouldn't want to go in a saloon." "Oh, forget it!" Claude muttered, ripping the cover off a jar of pickles. He was nineteen years old, and he was afraid to go into a saloon, and his friend knew he was afraid. After lunch ...
... knew you wouldn't want to go in a saloon." "Oh, forget it!" Claude muttered, ripping the cover off a jar of pickles. He was nineteen years old, and he was afraid to go into a saloon, and his friend knew he was afraid. After lunch ...
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... knew more than they ought to about managing sporty men and right there I reached out and handed him one. I hit harder than I meant to. I meant to slap him, not to give him a black eye. But you can't always regulate things, and I was hot ...
... knew more than they ought to about managing sporty men and right there I reached out and handed him one. I hit harder than I meant to. I meant to slap him, not to give him a black eye. But you can't always regulate things, and I was hot ...
Inhalt
VII | 235 |
VIII | 237 |
IX | 243 |
X | 248 |
XI | 255 |
XII | 262 |
XIII | 265 |
Book Four The Voyage of the Anchises | 269 |
I | 270 |
II | 273 |
III | 278 |
IV | 288 |
V | 295 |
VI | 297 |
VII | 306 |
VIII | 312 |
IX | 315 |
Book Five Bidding the Eagles of the West Fly On | 322 |
I | 323 |
II | 329 |
III | 335 |
IV | 339 |
V | 344 |
VI | 349 |
VII | 357 |
VIII | 363 |
IX | 373 |
X | 379 |
XI | 395 |
XII | 402 |
XIII | 404 |
XIV | 411 |
XV | 420 |
XVI | 425 |
XVII | 433 |
XVIII | 441 |
XIX | 455 |
Endnotes | 460 |
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