My Antonia

Author: Willa CatherNumber Of Pages: 266Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing PlatformRelease Date: 23-09-2016Details: My Antonia tells the stories of an orphaned boy from Virginia, Jim Burden, and the elder daughter in a family of Bohemian immigrants, Ántonia Shimerda, who are each brought to be pioneers in Nebraska towards the end of the 19th century, as children. Ántonia must work as a servant on the farms of her neighbors after her father commits suicide. She elopes with a railway conductor but returns home and eventually becomes the patient and strong wife of a Bohemian farmer, Anton Cuzak, the mother of a large family and a typical woman of the pioneer West. My Antonia is considered one of Willa Cather’s best works. It is the final book of her prairie trilogy of novels, preceded by O Pioneers! and The Song of the Lark.EAN: 9781539056829Package Dimensions: 9.0 x 6.0 x 0.6 inchesLanguages: English