A beautiful hardcover edition of the greatest rediscovered classic of recent years. William Stoner begins his studies in agriculture at the University of Missouri at the age of nineteen. 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 unfolds quietly, and after his death, his colleagues rarely remember him. Yet with truthfulness, compassion, and intense power, this novel reveals a story of universal value – about the conflicts, defeats, and victories of humanity that remain unrecorded by history – thereby reclaiming the significance of an individual life.

"A beautiful, sad, utterly convincing portrayal of a whole life" – Ian McEwan

"A brilliant, beautiful, relentlessly sad, wise, and elegant novel" – Nick Hornby

"A great novel of resonant sadness" – Julian Barnes

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