My Ántonia: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition
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My Ántonia is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for Cather, Willa (1873–1947).
Catalogue synopsis
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"My Ántonia" by Willa Cather is a novel published in 1918. The story follows orphaned Jim Burden from Virginia and Ántonia Shimerda, daughter of Bohemian immigrants, as they arrive as children in pioneer Nebraska. Their friendship deepens through shared adventures and hardships on the prairie, including a brutal first winter and family tragedy. As years pass and their paths diverge—Jim pursuing education, Ántonia working as a hired girl—the bonds forged in childhood continue shaping their lives in profound ways.
Book and edition facts
- Title: My Ántonia
- Author credits: Cather, Willa (1873–1947)
- Catalogue language: English
Catalogue subjects
- Czech Americans -- Fiction
- Domestic fiction
- Farm life -- Fiction
- Farmers' spouses -- Fiction
- Friendship -- Fiction
- Frontier and pioneer life -- Nebraska -- Fiction
- Married women -- Fiction
- Nebraska -- Fiction
- Western stories
- Women immigrants -- Fiction
- Women pioneers -- Fiction
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- Category: American Literature
- Category: Novels
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