My Ántonia by Willa Cather

"My Ántonia" by Willa Cather is a novel published in 1918. It follows orphaned Jim Burden and Ántonia Shimerda, a Bohemian immigrant girl, as they arrive as children in the Nebraska frontier. Their friendship deepens through shared adventures and hardships on the harsh prairie. As they grow older, their paths diverge—Jim pursues education while Ántonia faces family tragedy and hard labor. The story explores memory, pioneering life, and the enduring bond between two people shaped by the American West. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Cather, Willa, 1873-1947
Title My Ántonia
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_%C3%81ntonia
Credits Judith Boss, Martin Robb and David Widger
Reading Level Reading ease score: 80.3 (6th grade). Easy to read.
Language English
LoC Class PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Subject Nebraska -- Fiction
Subject Frontier and pioneer life -- Nebraska -- Fiction
Subject Western stories
Subject Domestic fiction
Subject Friendship -- Fiction
Subject Married women -- Fiction
Subject Farm life -- Fiction
Subject Women pioneers -- Fiction
Subject Women immigrants -- Fiction
Subject Farmers' spouses -- Fiction
Subject Czech Americans -- Fiction
Category Text
eBook-No. 242
Release Date
Last Update Jul 15, 2022
Copyright Public domain in the USA.
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