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My Ántonia
Series: Penguin Modern Classics
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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 meet 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 so much, and a powerful depiction of a pivotal era in the making of America.
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My Ántonia is celebrated for its warm and rousing portrayal of the human spirit and the resilience of immigrants settling in the American West. Critics praise Cather's ability to vividly capture the essence of the prairie landscape, with H. L. Mencken even claiming it as the most beautiful American novel. Her work stands out for presenting an authentic depiction of the West, distinct from the typical pulp fiction narratives.
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ISBN: 9780241338322
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 04 October 2018
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Penguin Classics
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 15.0mm
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 194g
Pages: 256
About the Author
Willa Cather was born in Virginia in 1873 and moved to Nebraska, with its wide open plains and immigrant farming communities, at the age of nine. This landscape would deeply affect her later writing. She attended university and became a journalist and teacher in Pittsburgh, and then a magazine editor in New York. Her first major novel, O Pioneers!, appeared in 1913 and was followed by two more in her prairie trilogy, The Song of the Lark and My ntonia, as well as her masterpiece Death Comes for the Archbishop. She lived with the editor Edith Lewis for thirty-nine years until her death in 1947.
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