This was a wonderful novel. Reading a piece of literature such as this leaves me feeling so much more engaged, thoughtful, and satisfied than the more typical novel I read. Here’s a bit of the blurb from Amazon: “William Stoner is born at the end of the nineteenth century into a dirt-poor Missouri farming family. Sent to the state university to study agronomy, he instead falls in love with English literature and embraces a scholar’s life, so different from the hardscrabble existence he has known.”

I give this novel five stars! Stoner’s life consists of many elements that most readers can either identify with or recognize. The novel was so engaging and well written that I will have to read more of John Wiiliam’s work. I hope you have the time to read Stoner and find it as poignant as I did. Happy reading!