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My Ántonia (Penguin Modern Classics) Kindle Edition

by Willa Cather (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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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 Ántonia 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 Ántonia stays at home, dedicating herself to her farm and family. As the years roll by, Jim will come to view Ántonia 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.

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    978-0241338322
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  3. Publisher
    Penguin
  4. Publication date
    4 October 2018
  5. Language
    English
  6. File size
    2104 KB
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"Antonia had always been one ot leave images in the mind that did not fade--that grew stronger with time." -- --Jim Burden

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Willa Cather (1873-1947) was born in Virginia and raised on the Nebraska prairie.She worked as a newspaper writer, teacher, and managing editor of McClure's magazine.In addition to My Ántonia, her books include O Pioneers! (1913) and The Professor's House. She was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1923 for One of Ours.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07D1GD4WH
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Penguin (4 October 2018)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 2104 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 238 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
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Rowena
3.0 out of 5 stars Unusual format
Reviewed in Australia on 23 May 2022
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Be aware if you buy this book that it is not produced to a standard format. The book is large in size (10 inch by 7 inch), and slim. The print is easy to read, but there are no paragraph indentations, which makes for a rather strange reading experience. Other than that, it is classic Willa Cather and a great read.
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alistairjohnston
5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful writing!
Reviewed in Canada on 6 February 2024
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A beautifully written, sweet story. A little tedious, occasionally.
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Weasel
5.0 out of 5 stars Heartening read
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 28 February 2024
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A heart warming story of life in Nebraska for new immigrants and how or not it worked for them. Beautifully told.
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Otto
5.0 out of 5 stars Un classico che tutti dovrebbero leggere!
Reviewed in Italy on 18 February 2021
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Il libro è arrivato con qualche minima imperfezione in copertina. Questo libro racconta di un America ancora rurale e poco sviluppata, dal punto di vista di immigrati. Il protagonista, Jim Burden entrerà in contatto con una famiglia di boemi, la cui figlia maggior, Antonia giocherà un ruolo essenziale nella sua vita. Questo romanzo fu pubblicato nel 1918 come parte della "Praire Trilogy" che includeva "O, Pioneers" e "The song of the Lark" e si basa, in parte, su delle reminiscenze della stessa autrice. Consigliato!
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Otto
5.0 out of 5 stars Un classico che tutti dovrebbero leggere!
Reviewed in Italy on 18 February 2021
Il libro è arrivato con qualche minima imperfezione in copertina. Questo libro racconta di un America ancora rurale e poco sviluppata, dal punto di vista di immigrati. Il protagonista, Jim Burden entrerà in contatto con una famiglia di boemi, la cui figlia maggior, Antonia giocherà un ruolo essenziale nella sua vita. Questo romanzo fu pubblicato nel 1918 come parte della "Praire Trilogy" che includeva "O, Pioneers" e "The song of the Lark" e si basa, in parte, su delle reminiscenze della stessa autrice. Consigliato!
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Vanya Jaiswal
5.0 out of 5 stars A nostalgic look at bygone times written with eloquence
Reviewed in India on 30 May 2020
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My Ántonia by Willa Cather had me longing for the innocence of childhood— the happy nonchalance towards harsh circumstances that can only be the preserve of children and the naiveté of their conviction in the wonders of the future. Cather begins her masterpiece with a train journey during which two friends who chance upon each other converse about their mutual friend, Ántonia Shimerda, whom they both remember fondly. One of them entreats the other, a man named Jim Burden, to write about her and what follows is the story of this Bohemian girl and her immigrant family living in Nebraska, America.

There’s not much I’d like to say about the plot but I do want to share what made me adore this beloved classic. The book takes a close look at the hardships faced by immigrant families in foreign lands. The problems of not knowing the native language, the constant sense of being ill-at-ease because of ‘looking different’ from the ‘original inhabitants,’ the urgency of adapting to harsh climatic conditions, sustaining on limited means, and above all an acute awareness of the wealth of your neighbours. Cather foregrounds these challenges with much eloquence and pathos.

While reading the book, I was mesmerised by the friendship between Jim and Antonia. They were friends as children and the sweetness of their relationship remained invulnerable to time and distance. The fact that they loved each other was made more beautiful because that feeling wasn’t bound by a need for marriage. They continued to acknowledge what the other meant to them in front of their respective families even when they grew up. It’s rare to see such a relationship in books, let alone classics, and it warmed my heart to witness the splendour of friendship between a man and a woman without the underlying subtext of an obligation of matrimony.

I think I picked up this book at the best possible time with its overarching theme of nostalgia for bygone times echoing our present-day yearning for a life that wouldn’t be so complicated and claustrophobic. My Ántonia’s wistful gaze at rustic lives, the glowing, sun-kissed prairies, the majestic farms, the canopy of trees, and the coexistence of humans and animals was a humbling reminder of there being a whole world that exists outside of us which desperately needs our attention.
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stefan orts
5.0 out of 5 stars As the Frontier advanced...
Reviewed in France on 29 December 2019
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Ce sera avant tout mon sujet d'Agrégation. Pressenti en tout cas. Un parmi... bon, on connaît la suite. Mais c'est surtout un très beau roman, qui mérite un joli commentaire. Avant des mois d'analyse. Un narrateur masculin qui masque les fantasmes homosexuels de Willa Cather, je suis déjà conquis, soyons lucide. Mais au-delà des considérations personnelles (!), l'écriture est fluide et vraiment belle. C'est un roman de 1918, quand Hemingway se ferait encore pesant dans A Farewell to Arms à peine dix ans plus tard. Jim Burden et Antonia (Anto-nee-a) Shimerda absorbent des années d'une enfance déracinée, se fondent dans le décor des pleines sans fin du Nebraska. C'est un quotidien de labeur et de lourdeur, où l'être humain semble parfois si insignifiant dans l'immensité du décor, hostile et rude. Et puis les années passent pour Jim au milieu des familles immigrantes qui peinent à exister, à se reconnaître dans ce Nouveau Monde. Ces jeunes femmes sont fortes et déterminées, elles ne dépendent ni d'un beau mariage, ni d'un avenir ambitieux. Mais la réussite leur sourit, pour celles qui revendiquent des valeurs de travail et de réalisation du rêve américain dans son pendant féminin. L'amour peine et déçoit, la famille traditionnelle s'impose plus qu'elle n'attire. Dans un univers où les conventions et les convenances ne sont pourtant jamais loin, elles gagnent leur réputation à la force des bras. Chacune expérimentera à sa façon les usages de la ville, des belles manières, de la féminité, mais elles resteront indépendantes, à l'image du personnage éponyme, les épaules solides et le visage émacié par le soleil et l'hiver. L'Amérique naît peu à peu, explose à la civilisation, étend son empire en même temps qu'elle s'approprie son propre territoire. C'est l'ère des chemins de fer, de la révolution industrielle qui s'annonce. Le monde vit une guerre globale, mais elle n'existe pas ici, reléguée aux pages annexes des journaux. Et ce n'est qu'un début...
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