May 2010 Good Housekeeping selection.
On My Bookshelf by Nicci French...
I read and re-read My Antonia by Willa Cather, and have passed it on to family and friends. It tells the story of poverty-stricken immigrant families living on the wild plains of Nebraska, and particularly of Antonia, a spirited and generous girl from Bohemia. Fabulous and good for the soul.
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The final novel in the Great Plains trilogy, this is a celebration of the American midwest with Cather's strongest heroine at its heart
Jim and ¦ntonia meets as children in the wide open plains of Nebraska at the end of the nineteenth century. Jim leaves for college and a career in the east, while ¦ntonia stays at home, dedicating herself to her farm and family. As the years roll by, Jim will come to view ¦ntonia as the embodiment of the prairie itself - tough, spirited and enduring, despite the hardness and loneliness of pioneer life. Willa Cather's beautiful novel is a celebration of the Nebraskan prairie she loved she much, and a powerful depiction of a pivotal era in the making of America.
My Antonia features in the following genres: Modern and Contemporary Fiction, eBooks of the Month, General Fiction, Fiction, Recommendations
My Antonia is available in Hardback, Paperback, Ebook
My Antonia was written by Willa Cather and published by Penguin Classics an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd
My Antonia has 256 pages
Yes it is part of Penguin Modern Classics series
£8.99