"The Sentimentality of William Tavener" is a short story by Willa Cather. It was first published in Library in May 1900. [1]

When people spoke of William Tavener as the most prosperous farmer in McPherson County, they usually added that his wife was a "good manager." She was an executive woman, quick of tongue and something of an imperatrix.

2008年5月24日 · The Sentimentality of William Tavener ToC. It takes a strong woman to make any sort of success of living in the West, and Hester undoubtedly was that. When people spoke of William Tavener as the most prosperous farmer in McPherson County, they usually added that his wife was a “good manager.”

2023年12月3日 · The year after the book appeared, Willa Cather published “The Sentimentality of William Tavener” in The Library, a new Pittsburgh literary magazine that employed her as a staff writer and editor. Her short story opens with the distress exhibited by the sons of a farmer who has denied them permission to take a day off from their farm chores ...

2014年12月7日 · "The Sentimentality of William Tavener" by Willa Cather It takes a strong woman to make any sort of success of living in the West, and Hester undoubtedly was that. When people spoke of William Tavener as the most prosperous farmer in McPherson County, they usually added that his wife was a “good manager.”

2010年2月5日 · “The Sentimentality of William Tavener” (1900), one of her earliest pieces, combines recollections from her childhood years in Virginia, where she was born, with the atmosphere of her family’s later home in Nebraska, and the story’s lead character is one of the strong-willed pioneers who would be so prevalent in her later, more famous ...

2023年12月7日 · In the story, an argument between two parents over whether their sons can take a day off from work on their Nebraska farm is resolved when the couple unexpectedly realize that they both went to a particular circus near their former home in Virginia.

When people spoke of William Tavener as the most prosperous farmer in McPherson County, they usually added that his wife was a “good manager.” She was an executive woman, quick of tongue and something of an imperatrix.

2014年6月27日 · The Sentimentality of William Tavener It would have been quite impossible for one man, within the limited sphere of human action, to follow all Hester s advice, but in the end William usually acted upon some of her suggestions.

2022年12月29日 · “The Sentimentality of William Tavener” is a quick dip into the dynamics of the Tavener family, particularly the marriage of William and Hester. The opening paragraph is quite the set up: It takes a strong woman to make any sort of success of living in the West, and Hester undoubtedly was that.