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Sapphira & the Slave Girl

by Willa Cather ...

Sapphira and the Slave Girl is Willa Cather's last novel, published in 1940. The story of Sapphira Dodderidge Colbert, a bitter but privileged white woman, who becomes irrationally jealous of Nancy, a beautiful young slave. The book balances an atmospheric portrait of antebellum Virginia against an unblinking view of the lives of Sapphira's slaves. * * * In this story I have called several of the ... Read more

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Sapphira and the Slave Girl is Willa Cather's last novel, published in 1940. The story of Sapphira Dodderidge Colbert, a bitter but privileged white woman, who becomes irrationally jealous of Nancy, a beautiful young slave. The book balances an atmospheric portrait of antebellum Virginia against an unblinking view of the lives of Sapphira's slaves. * * * In this story I have called several of the
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One of Ours

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Claude Wheeler, a young man stifled by the materialism of his success-driven family, finds an unexpected escape in the outbreak of World War I. His journey from the cornfields of Nebraska to the trenches of France is portrayed not just as a tragedy, but as a search for a meaningful destiny. Cather explores the irony of finding spiritual fulfillment in the midst of global slaughter, questioning the ... Read more

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Claude Wheeler, a young man stifled by the materialism of his success-driven family, finds an unexpected escape in the outbreak of World War I. His journey from the cornfields of Nebraska to the trenches of France is portrayed not just as a tragedy, but as a search for a meaningful destiny. Cather explores the irony of finding spiritual fulfillment in the midst of global slaughter, questioning the
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Alexander's Bridge

by Willa Cather ...

Series series Literary Classics
A great bridge-builder, a Boston marriage, a first love found again in London, and a cantilever span over the St Lawrence that his firm has been asked to build cheaper than it can safely be built. Cather moved to the Nebraska prairie at nine and made the homesteaders her subject; this was her first novel, and she later half-disowned it as an imitation of Henry James — which is unfair, because the ... Read more

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A great bridge-builder, a Boston marriage, a first love found again in London, and a cantilever span over the St Lawrence that his firm has been asked to build cheaper than it can safely be built. Cather moved to the Nebraska prairie at nine and made the homesteaders her subject; this was her first novel, and she later half-disowned it as an imitation of Henry James — which is unfair, because the
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Death Comes for the Archbishop

by Willa Cather ...

Series series Vintage Classics
Willa Cather's best known novel is an epic—almost mythic—story of a single human life lived simply in the silence of the southwestern desert.In 1851 Father Jean Marie Latour comes to serve as the Apostolic Vicar to New Mexico. What he finds is a vast territory of red hills and tortuous arroyos, American by law but Mexican and Indian in custom and belief. In the almost forty years that follow, ... Read more

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Willa Cather's best known novel is an epic—almost mythic—story of a single human life lived simply in the silence of the southwestern desert.In 1851 Father Jean Marie Latour comes to serve as the Apostolic Vicar to New Mexico. What he finds is a vast territory of red hills and tortuous arroyos, American by law but Mexican and Indian in custom and belief. In the almost forty years that follow,
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O Pioneers!

by Willa Cather ...

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The first part of Willa Cather’s Great Plains trilogy, O Pioneers! follows the tragedies and triumphs of Alexandra Bergson, a strong and independent young woman who inherits the family farm following the death of her father. Alexandra’s passion and shrewd instinct guide her towards success as she continues to buy more of the surrounding land and resist the challenges imposed by the harsh Nebraskan ... Read more

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The first part of Willa Cather’s Great Plains trilogy, O Pioneers! follows the tragedies and triumphs of Alexandra Bergson, a strong and independent young woman who inherits the family farm following the death of her father. Alexandra’s passion and shrewd instinct guide her towards success as she continues to buy more of the surrounding land and resist the challenges imposed by the harsh Nebraskan
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Paul's Case (Annotated)

Enriched Edition. A Psychological Tale of Adolescent Alienation, Aesthetic Longing, and Rebellion in Turn-of-the-Century America

by Willa Cather, Selah Kestmere ...

Willa Cather's "Paul's Case" is a finely wrought psychological study of adolescent alienation, aesthetic hunger, and social estrangement in turn-of-the-century America. Set between sober Pittsburgh and glittering New York, the story contrasts bourgeois discipline with the intoxicating world of artifice, theatre, and luxury. Cather's precise, ironic prose and symbolic use of color, flowers, music, ... Read more

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Willa Cather's "Paul's Case" is a finely wrought psychological study of adolescent alienation, aesthetic hunger, and social estrangement in turn-of-the-century America. Set between sober Pittsburgh and glittering New York, the story contrasts bourgeois discipline with the intoxicating world of artifice, theatre, and luxury. Cather's precise, ironic prose and symbolic use of color, flowers, music,
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My Antonia

by Willa Cather ...

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Willa Cather's third novel of the "Prairie Trilogy," "My Ántonia" is the book that cemented Cather's place as a major American literary figure of the 20th century. Soon after "My Ántonia" was published in 1918, Cather was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for her novel "One of Ours," set in World War I."My Ántonia" relates the story of two young arrivals in Nebraska in the 1880's: Jim Burden and Ántonia ... Read more

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Willa Cather's third novel of the "Prairie Trilogy," "My Ántonia" is the book that cemented Cather's place as a major American literary figure of the 20th century. Soon after "My Ántonia" was published in 1918, Cather was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for her novel "One of Ours," set in World War I."My Ántonia" relates the story of two young arrivals in Nebraska in the 1880's: Jim Burden and Ántonia
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My Ántonia

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“My Ántonia” evokes the Nebraska prairie life of Willa Cather’s childhood, and commemorates the spirit and courage of immigrant pioneers in America. One of Cather’s earliest novels, written in 1918, it is the story of Ántonia Shimerda, who arrives on the Nebraska frontier as part of a family of Bohemian emigrants. Her story is told through the eyes of Jim Burden, a neighbor who will befriend ... Read more

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“My Ántonia” evokes the Nebraska prairie life of Willa Cather’s childhood, and commemorates the spirit and courage of immigrant pioneers in America. One of Cather’s earliest novels, written in 1918, it is the story of Ántonia Shimerda, who arrives on the Nebraska frontier as part of a family of Bohemian emigrants. Her story is told through the eyes of Jim Burden, a neighbor who will befriend
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My Ántonia

by Willa Cather ...

Series Book 2 - The Prairie Trilogy
From "undoubtedly one of the twentieth century's greatest American writers:" The moving story of one woman's struggles and triumphs on the Nebraska frontier ( The Observer ).In the breathtaking final volume of her acclaimed Prairie Trilogy, Pulitzer Prize–winning novelist Willa Cather brings to life one of the most remarkable heroines in American literature.The eldest daughter of Bohemian ... Read more

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From "undoubtedly one of the twentieth century's greatest American writers:" The moving story of one woman's struggles and triumphs on the Nebraska frontier ( The Observer ).In the breathtaking final volume of her acclaimed Prairie Trilogy, Pulitzer Prize–winning novelist Willa Cather brings to life one of the most remarkable heroines in American literature.The eldest daughter of Bohemian
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Lucy Gayheart

by Willa Cather ...

Lucy Gayheart is well known in her small Nebraska town for her great looks, energy and piano playing. Everyone assumes that she will marry the son of banker Harry Gordon, including Harry, but at 18 she goes to Chicago to study piano and ends up making money accompanying the famous international vocalist when he spends time in Chicago. Her life, other people’s lives and people’s expectations ... Read more

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Lucy Gayheart is well known in her small Nebraska town for her great looks, energy and piano playing. Everyone assumes that she will marry the son of banker Harry Gordon, including Harry, but at 18 she goes to Chicago to study piano and ends up making money accompanying the famous international vocalist when he spends time in Chicago. Her life, other people’s lives and people’s expectations
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The Prairie Trilogy

by Willa Cather ...

This celebrated 21st century digital edition of The Prairie Trilogy edited by Philip Dossick includes the three novels that comprise Willa Cather’s classic collection.O Pioneers!Song of the LarkMy AntoniaO PIONEERS! is the story of the life and loves of Alexandra Bergson and her battle to save the family farm in the harsh conditions of turn of the century Nebraska.SONG OF THE LARK is a beautifully ... Read more

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This celebrated 21st century digital edition of The Prairie Trilogy edited by Philip Dossick includes the three novels that comprise Willa Cather’s classic collection.O Pioneers!Song of the LarkMy AntoniaO PIONEERS! is the story of the life and loves of Alexandra Bergson and her battle to save the family farm in the harsh conditions of turn of the century Nebraska.SONG OF THE LARK is a beautifully
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O Pioneers!

by Willa Cather ...

O Pioneers!, Willa Cather's first great novel, is the classic American story of pioneer life as embodied by one remarkable woman and her singular devotion to the land. Alexandra Bergson arrives on the wind-blasted prairie of Nebraska as a young girl and grows up to turn it into a prosperous farm. In this unforgettable story,Cather conveys both the physical realities of the landscape, as well as ... Read more

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O Pioneers!, Willa Cather's first great novel, is the classic American story of pioneer life as embodied by one remarkable woman and her singular devotion to the land. Alexandra Bergson arrives on the wind-blasted prairie of Nebraska as a young girl and grows up to turn it into a prosperous farm. In this unforgettable story,Cather conveys both the physical realities of the landscape, as well as
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