An edition of A Lost Lady (1923)

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An edition of A Lost Lady (1923)

A Lost lady

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First published in 1923, A Lost Lady is one of Willa Cather's classic novels about life on the Great Plains. It harkens back to Nebraska's early history and contrasts those days with an unsentimental portrait of the materialistic world that supplanted the frontier. In her subtle portrait of Marian Forrester, whose life unfolds in the midst of this disquieting transition, Cather created one of her most memorable and finely drawn characters.

The Willa Cather Scholarly Edition of A Lost Lady is edited according to standards set by the Committee for Scholarly Editions of the Modern Language Association. A wide range of biographical, historical, and textual information about the novel is presented. A selection of archival photographs illuminates the connection between the photographs illuminates the connection between the novel and the people and places from Cather's formative years in Nebraska.

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Language
English
Pages
371

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Cover of: A Lost Lady (Willa Cather Scholarly Edition)
A Lost Lady (Willa Cather Scholarly Edition)
April 1, 2003, University of Nebraska Press
Paperback in English - Ill edition
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A Lost lady
1997, University of Nebraska Press
in English
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A lost lady
1980, Virago
in English
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A lost lady.
1973, Knopf [distributed by Random House]
in English - [1st centennial ed.]
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A lost lady
1966, Knopf
in English
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A lost lady
1951, Knopf
in English
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A lost lady
1923, Houghton, Mufflin Company
in English
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A lost lady
1923, Alfred A. Knopf
in English
Cover of: A lost lady
A lost lady
1923, A. A. Knopf
in English
Cover of: A Lost Lady
A Lost Lady
1923, Alfred A. Knopf
in English

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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references.

Published in
Lincoln
Series
The Willa Cather scholarly edition

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
813/.52
Library of Congress
PS3505.A87 L6 1997, PS3505.A87L6 1997

The Physical Object

Pagination
xii, 371 p. :
Number of pages
371

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL982968M
Internet Archive
lostlady0000cath_s5s4
ISBN 10
0803214278
LCCN
96020642
OCLC/WorldCat
34767439
Goodreads
591069

First Sentence

"THIRTY OR FORTY years ago, in one of those grey towns along the Burlington railroad, which are so much greyer today than they were then, there was a house well known from Omaha to Denver for its hospitality and for a certain charm of atmosphere."

Work Description

"Written from the perspective of a male narrator, Willa Cather's classic novel is an American version of "Madame Bovary". It is a portrait of a talented woman trapped in the conventions and economic restraints of a marriage. It is the story of a woman who defies expectations, and whose personal changes coincide with the transforming American Frontier. In this work, Willa Cather expressed her profoundly modern feminist views in the life of an ordinary and gifted woman who is stifled by marriage."--Ingram.

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