Men Without Women
Ernest Hemingway
Men Without Women is a celebrated work by Ernest Hemingway (Nobel Laureate, Pulitzer Prize Winner), recognized for masterclass storytelling and lasting literary resonance.
Read Time: ~6.1 hr
One of Ours
by Willa Cather (1922)
About this book
Claude Wheeler opened his eyes before the sun was up and vigorously shook his younger brother, who lay in the other half of the same bed. "Ralph, Ralph, get awake! Come down and help me wash the car." "What for?" "Why, aren't we going to the circus today?" "Car's all right. Let me alone." The boy turned over and pulled the sheet up to his face, to shut out the light which was beginning to come through the curtainless windows. Claude rose and dressed, - a simple operation which took very little time. He crept down two flights of stairs, feeling his way in the dusk, his red hair standing up in peaks, like a cock's comb. He went through the kitchen into the adjoining washroom, which held two porcelain stands with running water. Everybody had washed before going to bed, apparently, and the bowls were ringed with a dark sediment which the hard, alkaline water had not dissolved. Shutting the door on this disorder, he turned back to the kitchen, took Mahailey's tin basin, doused his face and head in cold water, and began to plaster down his wet hair.
Setting / LocationGlobal
Story EraClassic Era
Protagonist / CoreNotable Characters
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