Cather was praised for bringing the American West to life and making it personally interesting. This novel is considered as Cather's first masterpiece. The first year in the very new place leaves strong impressions in both children, affecting them lifelong. Both the pioneers who first break the prairie sod for farming, as well as of the harsh but fertile land itself, feature in this American novel. The novel tells the stories of an orphaned boy from Virginia, Jim Burden, and the elder daughter in a family of Bohemian immigrants, Ántonia Shimerda, who are each brought to be pioneers in Nebraska towards the end of the 19th century, as children. Set during the great migration west to settle the plains of the North American continent, the narrative follows Antonia Shimerda, a pioneer who comes to Nebraska as a child and. My Ántonia Price: 22.00 Quantity Everymans Library Hardback Of Antonia, the passionate and majestic central character in Willa Cathers greatest novel, the narrator, Jim Burden, says that she left 'images in the mind that did not fade-that grew stronger with time.' The same is true of the book in which Cather enshrines her heroine. Willa Cather’s My Ántonia is considered one of the most significant American novels of the twentieth century. The objective of the Willa Cather Scholarly Edition is to provide to readerspresent and futurevarious kinds of information relevant to Willa Cather's writing, obtained and presented according to the highest scholarly standards: a critical text faithful to her intention as she prepared it for the first edition, a historical essay providing relevant biographical and historical. The spirited daughter of Bohemian immigrants, Ántonia must adapt to a hard existence on the desolate prairies of the Midwest. It is the final book of her 'prairie trilogy' of novels, preceded by O Pioneers! and The Song of the Lark. My Ántonia (Penguin Classics) Price: 11.00. How is this book unique? Font adjustments & biography included Unabridged (100% Original content) Illustrated About My Antonia by Willa Cather My Ántonia (/æntni/ an-t-nee-) is a novel published in 1918 by American writer Willa Cather, considered one of her best works.

My Ántonia by Willa Cather