About the book
My Ántonia tells the stories of several immigrant families who move to rural Nebraska to start new lives in America. When ten-year-old orphan Jim Burden is sent to live with his grandparents in Black Hawk, Nebraska, he meets and is instantly smitten by Ántonia Shimerda, the spirited eldest daughter of Bohemian immigrants. Through adventures, poverty, treachery, and tragedy the two form an enduring bond. Years later, Jim visits Ántonia and her husband, Anton Cuzak, on their farm in Nebraska and later offers a vivid, soulful account of their youth together. Widely recognized as Willa Cather's greatest novel and an outstanding work of American literature, My Ántonia, is a hauntingly evocative tribute to the quiet heroism of pioneers whose struggles and triumphs shaped the American Midwest. It is the final book of her Great Plains trilogy, which includes O Pioneers! and The Song of the Lark. This Warbler Classics edition includes the original 1918 introduction by Cather and a detailed biographical timeline.
Editions of My Ántonia (Warbler Classics Annotated Edition)
- Paperback
- ISBN 9781957240756
- EBook
- ISBN 9781957240763
- Kindle
- ISBN B0B8TN42L4
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My Ántonia tells the stories of several immigrant families who move to rural Nebraska to start new lives in America. When ten-year-old orphan Jim Burden is sent to live with his grandparents in Black Hawk, Nebraska, he meets and is instantly smitten by Ántonia Shimerda, the spirited eldest daughter of Bohemian immigrants. Through adventures, poverty, treachery, and tragedy the two form an enduring bond. Years later, Jim visits Ántonia and her husband, Anton Cuzak, on their farm in Nebraska and later offers a vivid, soulful account of their youth together. Widely recognized as Willa Cather's greatest novel and an outstanding work of American literature, My Ántonia, is a hauntingly evocative tribute to the quiet heroism of pioneers whose struggles and triumphs shaped the American Midwest. It is the final book of her Great Plains trilogy, which includes O Pioneers! and The Song of the Lark. This Warbler Classics edition includes the original 1918 introduction by Cather and a detailed biographical timeline.
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What is My Ántonia (Warbler Classics Annotated Edition) about?
My Ántonia tells the stories of several immigrant families who move to rural Nebraska to start new lives in America. When ten-year-old orphan Jim Burden is sent to live with his grandparents in Black Hawk, Nebraska, he meets and is instantly smitten by Ántonia Shimerda, the spirited eldest daughter of Bohemian immigrants. Through adventures, poverty, treachery, and tragedy the two form an enduring bond. Years later, Jim visits Ántonia and her husband, Anton Cuzak, on their farm in Nebraska and later offers a vivid, soulful account of their youth together. Widely recognized as Willa Cather's greatest novel and an outstanding work of American literature, My Ántonia, is a hauntingly evocative tribute to the quiet heroism of pioneers whose struggles and triumphs shaped the American Midwest. It is the final book of her Great Plains trilogy, which includes O Pioneers! and The Song of the Lark. This Warbler Classics edition includes the original 1918 introduction by Cather and a detailed biographical timeline.
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Fiction > Fiction: literary and general non-genre > Classic fiction: literary and general
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How long is My Ántonia (Warbler Classics Annotated Edition) and how many pages does it have?
My Ántonia (Warbler Classics Annotated Edition) has 170 page(s)
Who is/are the Author/s of the book My Ántonia (Warbler Classics Annotated Edition)?
Willa Cather
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Warbler Classics
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My Ántonia (Warbler Classics Annotated Edition) is available as paperback(ISBN 9781957240756) and ebook(ISBN 9781957240763) and kindle(ISBN B0B8TN42L4)
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