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My Antonia

by Willa Cather · 1918

Classics · ranked #53 in category

Jim Burden narrates his memory of Ántonia Shimerda, a Bohemian immigrant girl who arrived in Nebraska when Jim did as a child, and who becomes a symbol for everything Jim associates with the pioneer past. Cather's novel is an elegy for the immigrant experience and the prairie landscape, told from a deliberately partial, nostalgic perspective.

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The verdict

Category
Classics
First published
1918 · 1910s
Author
Willa Cather
Standing
Essential Read

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