My Antonia

Cather, Willa

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In this symphonically powerful and magnificently observed novel, Cather created one of the most winning heroines in American fiction, a woman whose calm, undemonstrative strength and robust high spirits make her emblematic of the virtues Cather most admired in her country. Antonia Shimerda is the daughter of Bohemian immigrant parents struggling with the oceanic loneliness of life on the Nebraska prairie. Through the eyes of Jim Burden, her tutor and disappointed admirer, we follow Antonia from farm to town as she survives hardships both natural and human, from poverty to a failed romance – and not only survives, but triumphs.

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Publish Date: 04/10/2018
ISBN: 9780241338322 Category: Tags: ,

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The final novel in the Great Plains trilogy, this is a celebration of the American midwest with Cather’s strongest heroine at its heart

Jim and Ántonia meets as children in the wide open plains of Nebraska at the end of the nineteenth century. Jim leaves for college and a career in the east, while Ántonia stays at home, dedicating herself to her farm and family. As the years roll by, Jim will come to view Ántonia as the embodiment of the prairie itself – tough, spirited and enduring, despite the hardness and loneliness of pioneer life. Willa Cather’s beautiful novel is a celebration of the Nebraskan prairie she loved she much, and a powerful depiction of a pivotal era in the making of America.

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Weight 191 g
Dimensions 198 × 129 × 15 mm
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Cover

Paperback

Pages

256

Language

English

Edition

Reprint

Dewey

813.52 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K