My Ántonia /
by Willa Cather ; with ill. by W.T. Benda

Description

Main Author

Cather, Willa, 1873-1947

Language(s)

English

Published

Boston : Houghton Mifflin, ©1954

Subjects

Women pioneers.
Women immigrants.
Married women.
Friendship.
Farmers' spouses.
Farm life.
Czech Americans.
Farm life > Farm life / Fiction
Friendship > Friendship / Fiction
Married women > Married women / Fiction
Women pioneers > Women pioneers / Fiction
Czech Americans > Czech Americans / Fiction
Farmers' spouses > Farmers' spouses / Fiction
Women immigrants > Women immigrants / Fiction
Nebraska.
Nebraska > Nebraska / Fiction
Nebraska > Nebraska / Fiction
Domestic fiction.
Fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Western stories.
Domestic fiction.

Summary

Orphaned as a teenager, Jim Burden comes to live with his stern grandparents on their isolated farm. His pain and loneliness ease when he meets the beautiful Antonia, the high spirited daugher of neighboring immigrant farmers. Antonia's lust for life in her new country endears the young woman to Jim, but not his grandparents, who want bigger and better things for their grandson

Physical Description

371 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

ISBN

9780679447276
067944727X
9780395755143
039575514X
0140187642
9780140187649

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