The lost literary classic that re-emerged in recent years after the endorsement of Tom Hanks, Nick Hornby and many others is available with an introduction from John McGahern here. The melancholic story of a man from a rural background's immersion in literature, love and academia, originally published in 1965 William Stoner enters the University of Missouri at nineteen to study agriculture. A seminar on English literature changes his life, and he never returns to work on his father's farm. Stoner becomes a teacher. He marries the wrong woman. His life is quiet, and after his death his colleagues remember him rarely.
