基本信息出版社：Signet Classics; 100th Anniversary edition
页码：400 页
出版日期：2002年04月
ISBN：0451528328
条形码：9780451528322
装帧：平装
丛书名：Signet Classics
外文书名：英豪本色

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Owen Wister's powerful story of the silent stranger who rides into the uncivilized West and defeats the forces of evil embodies one of the most enduring themes in American mythology.

Set in the vast Wyoming territory, The Virginian (1902) captures both the grandeur and the loneliness of the frontier experience, brilliantly evoking the tension between the romantic freedom of the great, untamed landscape and mankind's deep-seated desire for community and social order. Wister brings to life the honesty and rough justice that ruled the range and the civilizing influence of determined women in frontier settlements that imposed a sense of society on an unruly population.

For Wister, the West tested a man's true worth. His hero-influenced by those of Sir Walter Scott and James Fenimore Cooper-is a man who lives by the classic code of chivalry, ruled by quiet courage and a deeply felt sense of honor. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
作者简介 Owen Wister (1860-1938) was born in Pennsylvania but-inspired by several trips to Wyoming-became a leading chronicler of the West.

John Seelye is graduate research professor of American Literature at the University of Florida. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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The Virginian, manly cowpuncher of the Wild West, wins the heart of a schoolteacher from Vermont. Brave, unassuming and sensitive, he saves the county from horse thieves, caters to an obsessive chicken named Emily and sweeps the young teacher off her feet with his reinterpretation of Browning. Winiarski succeeds in animating the Virginian''s wit and mannerisms although his drawl is unconvincing. His female voices are smooth and natural. The reading quickly draws attention away from itself and to the details of each scene. The presentation leaves the listener with many vivid and memorable scenes, but the story loses its resonance in abridgment. E.S.B. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.