Stoner
Subtitle: a novel
By: by John Williams.
Publisher: Viking Press
Published: 1965
Place of publication: New York, USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 278
Subjects: Literature -- Study and teaching -- Fiction.; English teachers -- Fiction.; College teachers -- Fiction.; Marital conflict -- Fiction.; Adultery -- Fiction.; Middle West -- Fiction.
Genres: Fiction.
Description: The son of a Midwestern farmer, William Stoner, arrives at the University of Missouri in 1910 to study agriculture. He had intended to return home to take over his father's farm - but instead, inspired by the professor of English literature, he remains at the university to teach.