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Book Club: Discuss/find out about a Classic Tale Set in Wyoming: The Virginian
Front-Ranger:
Now we have reached the point in our reading where Molly and the Virginian are on their wedding journey. But Molly, that ditz, is all angst-ridden because her mother won't be at the wedding ceremony. And why should she? The woman never answered the letter TV labored over and sent her asking for permission to marry her daughter. In fact, the mother's been spreading vile notions about TV based on a comment he made in his letter, "I never killed a man for pleasure or profit." The East and West are certainly diametrically opposed worlds.
Front-Ranger:
We will be winding up the discussion of The Virginian shortly, because I have started reading a new book called The Cowboy Way by David McCumber, and I have begun a discussion on Anything Goes. Your last comments about The Virginian go here!!
Front-Ranger:
If anyone has read thru all eight pages of this discussion, I'm curious. Does it give you too much or too little information? This will help me in future book discussions!
Shakesthecoffecan:
I was disapointed in the way the Uncle Hughey character was handled. Wisler gave him a good set up and then ignored him. Whine, whine.
Front-Ranger:
Wister seems to rotate through different characters who provide a foil for the Virginian, such as Scipio, Em'ly the hen, etc. As I recall, Uncle Hughey does appear a couple of times more: when he brings his bride home, and then later during a gathering. But you're right that his character that had such a promising start is largely undeveloped. Annie Proulx did that with her female characters in Brokeback Mountain, and we are lucky to have McMurtry and Ossana come along with their wonderful knowledge of female characters to flesh them out.
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