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1) My Antonia
Author
Language
English
Description
My Ántonia, 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 Ántonia 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 Ántonia. The book's narrator,
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Series
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Pub. Date
1999
Physical Desc
429p. 23cm.
Language
English
Description
The Song of the Lark is the self-portrait of an artist in the making. The story revolves around an ambitious young girl, Thea, who leaves home to go to the big city to fulfill her dream of becoming a famous opera star. Along the way, her realization of the mediocrity of her peers propels her to greater levels of accomplishment, but in the course of her ascent she must discard those relationships which no longer serve her.
3) O pioneers!
Author
Publisher
Kennebec Large Print/Gale Cengage Learning
Pub. Date
[2010]
Edition
Large print ed.
Physical Desc
261 p. (large print) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
This is a story which tells of the immigrants who came to build new lives for themselves, who struggled against poverty, drought, and storm, and who came to love and understand the great prairie.