My Antonia and related readings
by Willa Cather
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Widely recognized as Willa Cather's finest book and one of the outstanding novels of American literature, My Antonia deals with the life of Bohemian immigrants and native American settlers in the vast frontier farmlands of Nebraska. It is a work particularly noted for its lucid and moving depiction of the prairie and the lives of those who live there. Kathryn Yarman's narration brings this masterwork even greater spirit.
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My Antonia (Washington Square Press Enriched Classic)
September 1994, Demco Media
Turtleback
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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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