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Fiction · 1902

The Virginian

A Horseman of the Plains

Owen Wister

Reading time
about 9.5 h
Length
129,659 words · 250 pages
Structure
36 chapters · 2 front-matter sections
Language
English
Era
Modern

The Virginian, first published in 1902, has been pulled into the Bibliomancer archive: the complete text, carefully cleaned and typeset, free to read online. Its editorial introduction is still being prepared.

Contents

  1. Dedication
  2. To the Reader
  3. I — Enter the Man
  4. II — “When You Call Me That, Smile!”
  5. III — Steve Treats
  6. IV — Deep Into Cattle Land
  7. V — Enter the Woman
  8. VI — Em’ly
  9. VII — Through Two Snows
  10. VIII — The Sincere Spinster
  11. IX — The Spinster Meets the Unknown
  12. X — Where Fancy Was Bred
  13. XI — “You’re Going to Love Me Before We Get Through”
  14. XII — Quality and Equality
  15. XIII — The Game and the Nation—Act First
  16. XIV — Between the Acts
  17. XV — The Game and the Nation—Act Second
  18. XVI — The Game and the Nation—Last Act
  19. XVII — Scipio Moralizes
  20. XVIII — “Would You Be a Parson?”
  21. XIX — Dr. Macbride Begs Pardon
  22. XX — The Judge Ignores Particulars
  23. XXI — In a State of Sin
  24. XXII — “What Is a Rustler?”
  25. XXIII — Various Points
  26. XXIV — A Letter with a Moral
  27. XXV — Progress of the Lost Dog
  28. XXVI — Balaam and Pedro
  29. XXVII — Grandmother Stark
  30. XXVIII — No Dream to Wake from
  31. XXIX — Word to Bennington
  32. XXX — A Stable on the Flat
  33. XXXI — The Cottonwoods
  34. XXXII — Superstition Trail
  35. XXXIII — The Spinster Loses Some Sleep
  36. XXXIV — To Fit Her Finger
  37. XXXV — With Malice Aforethought
  38. XXXVI — At Dunbarton

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Owen Wister

1860–1938 · Modern

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