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Willa Cather's classic «My Antonia» is the story of the daughter of an immigrant family that sets out to farm the untamed prairie land of Nebraska in the late 19th century. Told to us from the perspective of the adoring Jim Burden, an orphan who comes to live at his grandparent's neighboring farm. «My Antonia» is an enduring American classic rich with the spirit that brought so many immigrants to this land in search of a better life and of the beautiful imagery of the midwestern plains. First published in 1918, Will Cather saw «My Antonia» as the best book that she had ever written and it is easy to see why, for it is nothing short of a masterpiece.

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"O Pioneers!" is considered to be one of Willa Cather's greatest works. It is the story of Alexandra Bergson, a young girl who arrives in the prairie frontier of Hanover, Nebraska and grows up to build a prosperous farm. «O Pioneers!» is a classic portrayal of the struggles of immigrants in the great plains of America. It is a story of success in the face of tragedy and the growth of a young woman along the way.

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"One of Ours" is Willa Cather's Pulitzer prize winning story of Claude Wheeler, a Nebraska native at the turn of the 20th century. Claude is a young man who finds himself conflicted by the constraints of his overly pious mother and the demands that his father's successful farm places on his education and life. With the country on the brink of World War One, «One of Ours» is an important document of a changing American frontier and the plight of one young man to deal with it.

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The Troll Garden is a classic collection of short stories by American author Willa Cather. Contained here in this volume are the following tales: Flavia and Her Artists, The Sculptor's Funeral, «A Death in the Desert», The Garden Lodge, The Marriage of Phædra, A Wagner Matinee, and Paul's Case.

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"The Song of the Lark" is the story of Thea Kronborg, an ambitious young heroine, who leaves her home to go fulfill her dream of becoming a famous opera star. As is typical with much of Cather's work, «The Song of the Lark» is a portrayal of an independent-minded woman with a strong work ethic who will not allow anything or anyone to get in the way of her own personal achievement.

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In Willa Cather's first novel, «Alexander's Bridge», Construction engineer and world-renowned builder of bridges, Bartley Alexander strays from his wife Winifred to resume his acquaintance with former lover Hilda Burgoyne. The consequence of infidelity is examined in this classic romantic novel.

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