The Virginian (otherwise titled The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains) is a 1902 novel set in the Wild West by the American author Owen Wister. It describes the life of a cowboy on a cattle ranch in Wyoming and was the first true western ever written, aside from short stories and pulp dime novels.

Latest episodes of the podcast The Virginian

• 01 – To Theodore Roosevelt; To the Reader; Ch 01 – Enter the Man
• 02 – Ch 02 – “When You Call Me That, Smile!”
• 03 – Ch 03 – Steve Treats
• 04 – Ch 04 – Deep into Cattle Land; Ch 05 – Enter the Woman
• 05 – Ch 06 – Em’ly
• 06 – Ch 07 – Through Two Snows; Ch 08 – The Sincere Spinster; Ch 09 – The Spinster Meets the Unknown
• 07 – Ch 10 – Where Fancy Was Bred
• 08 – Ch 11 – “You’re Going To Love Me Before We Get Through”
• 09 – Ch 12 – Quality and Equality; Ch 13 – The Game and the Nation – Act First
• 10 – Ch 14 – Between the Acts; Ch 15 – The Game and the Nation – Act Second
• 11 – Ch 16 – The Game and the Nation – Last Act
• 12 – Ch 17 – Scipio Moralizes; Ch 18 – “Would You Be a Parson?”
• 13 – Ch 19 – Dr. MacBride Begs Pardon; Ch 20 – The Judge Ignores Particulars
• 14 – Ch 21 – In a State of Sin
• 15 – Ch 22 – “What is a Rustler?”
• 16 – Ch 23 – Various Points; Ch 24 – A Letter With a Moral
• 17 – Ch 25 – Progress of the Lost Dog
• 18 – Ch 26 – Balaam and Pedro
• 19 – Ch 27 – Grandmother Stark (Part 1)
• 20 – Ch 27 – Grandmother Stark (Part 2)
• 21 – Ch 28 – No Dream to Wake From; Ch 29 – Word to Bennington
• 22 – Ch 30 – A Stable on the Flat; Ch 31 – The Cottonwoods
• 23 – Ch 32 – Superstition Trail
• 24 – Ch 33 – The Spinster Loses Some Sleep; Ch 34 – “To Fit Her Finger”
• 25 – Ch 35 – With Malice Aforethought (Part 1)
• 26 – Ch 35 – With Malice Aforethought (Part 2)
• 27 – Ch 36 – At Dunbarton