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The Virginian

Owen Wister

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Table of contents
  • Title Page
  • DOVER THRIFT EDITIONS
  • Dedication
  • Copyright Page
  • Note
  • Rededication and Preface
  • To the Reader
  • Table of Contents
  • I. - Enter the Man
  • II. - “When You Call Me That, Smile!”
  • III. - Steve Treats
  • IV. - Deep Into Cattle Land
  • V. - Enter the Woman
  • VI. - Em’ly
  • VII. - Through Two Snows
  • VIII. - The Sincere Spinster
  • IX. - The Spinster Meets the Unknown
  • X. - Where Fancy Was Bred
  • XI. - “You’re Goin’ to Love Me Before We Get Through”
  • XII. - Quality and Equality
  • XIII. - The Game and the Nation—Act First
  • XIV. - Between the Acts
  • XV. - The Game and the Nation—Act Second
  • XVI. - The Game and the Nation—Last Act
  • XVII. - Scipio Moralizes
  • XVIII. - “Would You Be a Parson?”
  • XIX. - Dr. MacBride Begs Pardon
  • XX. - The Judge Ignores Particulars
  • XXI. - In a State of Sin
  • XXII. - “What Is a Rustler?”
  • XXIII. - Various Points
  • XXIV. - A Letter With a Moral
  • XXV. - Progress of the Lost Dog
  • XXVI. - Balaam and Pedro
  • XXVII. - Grandmother Stark
  • XXVIII. - No Dream to Wake From
  • XXIX. - Word to Bennington
  • XXX. - A Stable on the Flat
  • XXXI. - The Cottonwoods
  • XXXII. - Superstition Trail
  • XXXIII. - The Spinster Loses Some Sleep
  • XXXIV. - “To Fit Her Finger”
  • XXXV. - With Malice Aforethought
  • XXXVI. - At Dunbarton
Book details
  • Vendor Dover Publications
  • SKU 9780486114491
  • ISBN-13 9780486114491
  • Author Owen Wister
  • Category Fiction
  • Subject Westerns

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A strong, silent stranger rides into the lawless lands of the western frontier, battles horse thieves, deals with unyielding scoundrels, and wins the heart of a schoolmarm. Owen Wister's 1902 classic—the first great novel of the American West—is rich in moral drama and vernacular wit. His hero—like knights of old—lives by an enduring code of chivalry and is governed by quiet courage and a deep sense of honor. Set in the vast Wyoming territory, this masterpiece helped establish the code of the West and its stereotypical characters: the genteel but brave, white-hatted cowboy, the pretty spinster from back East, and villains beyond redemption. The novel is also on record for incorporating the first known "shootout" in American literature. Performed in theaters before it was made into several motion pictures and a television series, The Virginian was voted by the Western American Writers in 1977 as the greatest Western novel of all time. Brimming with action, romance, and atmosphere, it remains a classic of frontier fiction.