![]() Despite warnings and the attentions of the more worldly Gladys Farmer, he marries Enid, only to find her uninterested in his affections. Claude ardently seeks her hand in marriage, hoping that in love with such a perfect soul, he’ll find purpose. After an accident, he is nursed by the beautiful Enid, whose aspirations are more toward missionary service than love. ![]() Called back to help on the farm, Claude faces the death of his romantic visions, even while still cherishing something of the pastoral beauty of the land. Unlike his father and older brother with minds for business, Claude is something of a romantic, his mind filled with heroic ideals from conversations with his mother, a stint at a Christian school and his association with the Erlich family, culturally refined freethinkers. In the first, Claude grows into adulthood on a Nebraska farm. Yet I found it the least satisfying of the works I’ve read. This work, a later one, was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for the Novel in 1923. ![]() ![]() This is my last read in what I might call “The Year of Willa Cather.” I discovered her fine writing this year (how did I miss her so long). Summary: The story of Claude Wheeler, raised on a Nebraska farm, longs to live his ideals and find his purpose and does so in the First World War. ![]()
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