My Ántonia
by Willa Cather
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Story is told by a New York lawyer who reviews his Nebraska boyhood days and his friendship with a young bohemian girl, the strong and simple Antonia Shimerda, who is the central figure of the novel.
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My Antonia (Washington Square Press Enriched Classic)
September 1994, Demco Media
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My Antonia, first published 1918, is one of Willa Cather's greatest works. It is the last novel in the Prairie trilogy, preceded by O Pioneers! and The Song of the Lark.My Antonia tells the stories of several immigrant families who move out to rural Nebraska to start new lives in America, with a particular focus on a Bohemian family, the Shimerdas, whose eldest daughter is named Antonia. The book's narrator, Jim Burden, arrives in the fictional town of Black Hawk, Nebraska, on the same train as the Shimerdas, as he goes to live with his grandparents after his parents have died. Jim develops strong feelings for Antonia, something between a crush and a filial bond, and the reader views Antonia's life, including its attendant struggles and triumphs, through that lens.
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