Virginian, The The - Owen Wister
| Автор: | Owen Wister |
| Издательство: | Ingram |
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| Жанр произведения: | Классическая проза |
| Год издания: | 0 |
| isbn: | 9781974999576 |
The Virginian is a 1902 debut novel set in the Wild West by the American novelist Owen Wister. Describing the life of a cowboy on a cattle ranch in Wyoming, it helped establish the western novel as a literary genre. The unnamed protagonist in The Virginian, who courts a local schoolteacher and defers personal revenge while meting out justice to a cattle thief, set the tone for the rough but civilized cowboy, a prototype for scores of ensuing books, films, and music that popularized the mythology of the American wild west. The Virginian has been adapted multiple times for film and television.