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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... looked out of the window and seen him washing the car, and had put this up on him while he dressed. It was like his father's idea of a joke. Mrs. Wheeler looked at Claude sympathetically, feeling that he was 10.
... looked out of the window and seen him washing the car, and had put this up on him while he dressed. It was like his father's idea of a joke. Mrs. Wheeler looked at Claude sympathetically, feeling that he was 10.
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... looked up with solicitude, shading her eyes with her delicately formed hand. "If you want I should do up your linen coat, Claude, I can iron it while you're hitching," she said wistfully. Claude stood kicking at a bunch of mottled ...
... looked up with solicitude, shading her eyes with her delicately formed hand. "If you want I should do up your linen coat, Claude, I can iron it while you're hitching," she said wistfully. Claude stood kicking at a bunch of mottled ...
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... so many days, he had lost count of them. That night he and Claude only shook hands and looked at each other suspiciously, but ever since they had been good friends. After their picnic the two boys went to the circus 18.
... so many days, he had lost count of them. That night he and Claude only shook hands and looked at each other suspiciously, but ever since they had been good friends. After their picnic the two boys went to the circus 18.
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... looked interested. "You mean to say Bayliss was in a fight?" Leonard laughed. "Lord, no! Don't you know Bayliss? I went in there to pay a bill yesterday, and Susie Gray and another girl came in to sell tickets for the firemen's dinner ...
... looked interested. "You mean to say Bayliss was in a fight?" Leonard laughed. "Lord, no! Don't you know Bayliss? I went in there to pay a bill yesterday, and Susie Gray and another girl came in to sell tickets for the firemen's dinner ...
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... looked down in amazement at his own big brown hands, lying on the wheel. "You mortal fool kid, what would I be telling you all this for, if I didn't know you were another breed of cats? I never thought you got on too well with Bayliss ...
... looked down in amazement at his own big brown hands, lying on the wheel. "You mortal fool kid, what would I be telling you all this for, if I didn't know you were another breed of cats? I never thought you got on too well with Bayliss ...
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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