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My Antonia (Penguin Twentieth Century Classics)

by Willa Cather

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Willa Cather's My Ántonia is considered one of the most significant American novels of the twentieth century. Set during the great migration west to settle the plains of the North American continent, the narrative follows Antonia Shimerda, a pioneer who comes to Nebraska as a child and grows with the country, inspiring a childhood friend, Jim Burden, to write her life story. The novel is important both for its literary aesthetic and as a portrayal of important aspects of American social ideals and history, particularly the centrality of migration to American culture.

Synopsis:

Willa Cather's masterful portrait of prairie culture, based on her own life. Against Nebraska's panoramic landscape, Cather recreates the life of an immigrant girl who becomes, in the memories of narrator Jim Burden, the epitome of strong and dignifed womanhood.

About the Author

Born in Virginia in 1873 and raised on a Nebraska ranch, Willa Cather is known for her beautifully evocative short stories and novels about the American West. Cather became the managing editor for McClure’s Magazine in 1906 and lived for forty years in New York City with her companion Edith Lewis. In 1922 Cather won the Pulitzer Prize for One of Ours, the story of a Western boy in World War I. In 1933 she was awarded the Prix Femina Americaine “for distinguished literary accomplishments.” She died in 1947.

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A native of Ireland, Joseph Murphy (1898 — 1981) was a prolific and widely admired New Thought minister and writer, best known for his motivational classic, The Power of Your Subconscious Mind, an international bestseller since it first blazed onto the self-help scene. His pamphlet How to Attract Money first appeared in 1955, and likewise entered many editions. Murphy wrote widely on the auto-suggestive and metaphysical faculties of the human mind and is considered one of the pioneering voices of affirmative-thinking philosophy.

Product Details

ISBN:
9780140187649
Author:
Cather, Willa Silbert
Author:
Murphy, John J.
Illustrator:
Benda, W. T.
Author:
Murphy, Ph.D., D.D., Joseph
Author:
Benda, W. T.
Author:
Murphy, Joseph
Publisher:
Penguin Books
Location:
New York, N.Y., U.S.A. :
Subject:
Fiction
Subject:
Classics
Subject:
American
Subject:
Novels and novellas
Subject:
Literature
Subject:
Farm life
Subject:
Frontier and pioneer life
Subject:
Women pioneers
Subject:
Domestic fiction
Subject:
Farm life -- Nebraska -- Fiction.
Subject:
Farmers' spouses.
Subject:
Married women
Subject:
Literature-A to Z
Edition Description:
Mass Market
Series:
Penguin Twentieth Century Classics
Series Volume:
vyp. 6 (569)
Publication Date:
19940131
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Grade Level:
from 12
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
320
Dimensions:
7.77x5.06x.63 in. .47 lbs.
Age Level:
from 18

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