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My Antonia

My Antonia

Cather, Willa

Hardcover

Classic FictionHistorical FictionLiterary Fiction

ISBN10: 1161443932
ISBN13: 9781161443936
Publisher: Kessinger Pub Llc
Published: May 23 2010
Pages: 194
Weight: 1.23
Height: 0.50 Width: 7.00 Depth: 10.00
Language: English
My Antonia is a novel by Willa Cather, first published in 1918. The story is narrated by Jim Burden, who moves from Virginia to Nebraska to live with his grandparents after his parents die. He meets Antonia Shimerda, a young Bohemian immigrant who has also recently moved to Nebraska with her family. Jim and Antonia become close friends, and Jim is fascinated by her strength, independence, and resilience. The novel follows their lives and the lives of the people around them as they grow up and face the challenges of living in the harsh Nebraska landscape. The novel explores themes of immigration, the American West, friendship, love, and the search for identity. It is considered one of Cather's greatest works and a classic of American literature.Cuzak sat down behind the stove and watched his womenfolk and the little children with equal amusement. He thought they were nice, and he thought they were funny, evidently. He had been off dancing with the girls and forgetting that he was an old fellow, and now his family rather surprised him; he seemed to think it a joke that all these children should belong to him.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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