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One of Ours

Willa Cather

Start date: July 1, 2020

Finish date: July 31, 2020

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Feb 07, 2019 Chrissie rated it really liked it

Shelves: hf, classics, audible-us, ww1, usa, 2019-read, france

“He is convinced that the people who might mean something to him will always misjudge him and pass him by. He is not so much afraid of loneliness as he is of accepting cheap substitutes; of making excuses to himself for a teacher who flatters him, of waking up some morning to find himself admiring a girl merely because she is accessible. He has a dread of easy compromises, and he is terribly afraid of being fooled.”

This is a quote taken from the story. It describes the central protagonist—Claude ...more

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Nov 17, 2019 Kelly_Hunsaker_reads ... rated it really liked it

Shelves: pulitzer, war, american-lit, classics, read-in-2019

One of Ours by Willa Cather was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1923. Although I really enjoyed this book I did like her book, My Antonia better. But her ability to create a peaceful and calm book about war kind of blue me away. Her writing is so careful and sweet. I read her books and just get carried into the story. I feel like I know the characters and that they are friends.

I love books about war and its affect on both the members of the military and the civilians trying to survive, but in this ...more

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Oct 24, 2011 Melissa (ladybug) rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 4stars, yearly-challenge, pulitzer

This was a wonderful story of the doughboys and WW1. I had problems at first, because Claude W. was to my thinking a spoiled little brat who couldn't be thankful for the good that he had in his life. He was always looking for more and what he thought was better. I feel that he did some growing up as a soldier and that he was able to appreciate home better afterwords. I would have loved to find out what happened with his wife in the end, and the story seemed to end abruptly, but that was just wis ...more

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