<div>The classic novel of an immigrant woman’s life on the Nebraska plains is “a book for our times [and] an education in what it means to be American” (Bret Stephens, The New York Times). They came to the prairie on the same train: Jim Burden, a ten-year-old orphan from Virginia en route to his new home with his prosperous grandparents, and Ántonia Shimerda, an immigrant from Bohemia, free-spirited and a few years older than Jim, traveling with her family. Through Jim’s affectionate reminiscence of his childhood friend, a larger, uniquely American portrait emerges, both of a pioneer community struggling with unforgiving terrain and of a woman who, amid great hardship, stands as a timeless inspiration. One of the most significant American novels of the twentieth century, Pulitzer Prize-winner Willa Cather’s My Ántonia is an unforgettable story about coming of age, community, and the dangers and tragedies endured by those who made the long journey to the West. Includes a foreword by Kathleen Norris</div>

My Antonia

<div>Willa Cather&rsquo;s Pulitzer Prize&ndash;winning novel of World War I The son of a prosperous farmer, Claude Wheeler&rsquo;s future is laid out for him as clear and monotonous as the Nebraska sky&mdash;a few semesters at the local Christian college followed by marriage and a lifetime spent worrying about the price of wheat. Many young men would be happy to find themselves in Claude&rsquo;s shoes, but his focus is on the horizon, and on the nagging sense that out there, past the farthest reaches of the Great Plains and beyond the boundaries of convention, his true destiny awaits. When the United States finally enters the war raging in Europe, Claude makes the first, and greatest, decision of his life: He answers the call. Based on the experiences of Willa Cather&rsquo;s cousin&mdash;G. P. Cather received the Distinguished Service Cross and the Silver Star for bravery in World War I&mdash;and interviews she conducted with wounded veterans, One of Ours is the indelible portrait of a man&mdash;and a nation&mdash;on the cusp of profound and irreversible change. This ebook has been professionally proofread to ensure accuracy and readability on all devices.</div>

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One of Ours

<div>Willa Cather&rsquo;s powerful story about a family of farmers&mdash;an instant American classic The first novel in Willa Cather&rsquo;s Prairie Trilogy tells the story of the Bergsons, a family of immigrants eking out a hardscrabble life as farmers in Nebraska at the turn of the nineteenth century. Alexandra, the eldest child of Bergson patriarch John, inherits the family farm when her father dies. Left to raise her father&rsquo;s three sons and somehow turn a struggling farm around, Alexandra is tasked with pulling her family up by its bootstraps. Unfortunately, her brothers aren&rsquo;t made of the same strong pioneer stock as she is. When drought, depression, and other agricultural disasters hit, it&rsquo;s up to Alexandra to pull the family through. Along the way, the neighbor boy, Carl Linstrum, catches her eye. But when families begin lighting out for greener pastures in the West, the Bergsons&rsquo; fortunes take a turn. Can the family survive the brutal Midwest hardships, or worse&mdash;the Bergson brothers&rsquo; frivolous nature? Will Alexandra, emotional lodestone and embodiment of the American can-do spirit, ever find happiness&mdash;or love? Cather&rsquo;s novel shows readers the story of the American frontier. O Pioneers! is the 1st book in the Prairie Trilogy, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order. This ebook has been professionally proofread to ensure accuracy and readability on all devices. </div>

O Pioneers!

<div>The moving story of one woman&rsquo;s struggles and triumphs on the Nebraska frontier In the breathtaking final volume of her acclaimed Prairie Trilogy, Pulitzer Prize&ndash;winning novelist Willa Cather brings to life one of the most remarkable heroines in American literature. The eldest daughter of Bohemian emigrants, fourteen-year-old &Aacute;ntonia Shimerda arrives in Black Hawk, Nebraska, blissfully unaware of the poverty and heartbreak that lie in store for her family. But as one calamity after another befalls the Shimerdas, &Aacute;ntonia finds the strength not merely to survive, but to thrive. Under the watchful eye of Jim Burden, her neighbor and childhood friend, &Aacute;ntonia blossoms into a woman as beautiful, captivating, and resilient as the Great Plains. My &Aacute;ntonia is the 3rd book in the Prairie Trilogy, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order. Told in lush and evocative prose, My &Aacute;ntonia is a masterpiece of twentieth-century literature and a stirring tribute to the homesteaders whose pioneer spirit tamed the American West. This ebook has been professionally proofread to ensure accuracy and readability on all devices.</div>

<div>A small-town girl becomes a world-famous artist in this powerful coming-of-age novel from one of the twentieth-century&rsquo;s most celebrated authors From childhood piano lessons to center stage at the Metropolitan Opera House, The Song of the Lark is the poignant story of an artist discovering herself. Fiercely independent and singularly talented, Thea Kronborg realizes at an early age that she is destined to leave her family and the frontier town of Moonstone, Colorado, behind. In Chicago, she studies with the city&rsquo;s best voice teacher and begins the long and arduous process of mastering her craft. But ambition alone will not transform Thea into one of the world&rsquo;s greatest opera singers&mdash;she must find the courage to set aside her humble origins and romantic illusions and fully dedicate herself to her art. In the ruins of an Arizona cliff dwelling haunted by ancient voices and purified by the desert air, Thea is inspired to embrace her calling once and for all. Lyrical, authentic, and brilliantly constructed, The Song of the Lark is a masterwork of American literature. It is the second volume in Willa Cather&rsquo;s acclaimed Prairie Trilogy, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order. This ebook has been professionally proofread to ensure accuracy and readability on all devices. </div>

The Song of the Lark

<div>&ldquo;An inquiry into the nature of civilization, of man&rsquo;s impulse to civilize and create,&rdquo; from the beloved author of O Pioneers! (The New Criterion).After completing his masterwork and garnering a great deal of money for it, history professor Godfrey St. Paul has purchased a new house. But when the time comes to move, he cannot bring himself to do so. Sitting in his comfortable study in his current house near the shore of Lake Michigan&mdash;and on the verge of a midlife crisis&mdash;he reflects on his past.At fifty-two, he has dedicated himself to his work, his garden, and his wife and two daughters, but despite all of his successes, he is unhappy with the course of his future. He retreats into his memories&mdash;his career and fond recollections of Tom Outland, his most outstanding student and once his son-in-law-to-be, who was lost in the Great War. He also thinks of his present and the daunting mystery of what lies ahead. And soon the introspection takes over . . . &ldquo;The Professor&rsquo;s House is Cather&rsquo;s masterpiece. It is almost perfectly constructed, peculiarly moving, and completely original.&rdquo; &mdash;A. S. Byatt, The Guardian</div>

The Professor's House

<div>The Pulitzer Prize&ndash;winning author of O Pioneers! presents a moving study of an ambitious woman and her troubled marriage in this 1926 novella.When young Myra Driscoll is forced to choose between a large inheritance from her great-uncle and marrying the man she loves, she follows her heart. She and Oswald Henshawe leave their small Illinois town to pursue a future together in New York City.Years later, fifteen-year-old Nellie Birdseye meets Myra Henshawe and her husband. She thinks of Myra as a legend at first. But the more Nellie gets to know the bold, seemingly sophisticated Myra, the more she sees the reality beneath the fantasy&mdash;and her romantic notions begin to slip away . . . Known for novels like O Pioneers!, My &Aacute;ntonia, and The Song of the Lark, Willa Cather wrote predominately about pioneers and the American West. In 1923, she won the Pulitzer Prize for her novel One of Ours.</div>

My Mortal Enemy

<div>Two nineteenth-century French priests pioneer through the American Southwest in this stunning classic from a Pulitzer Prize&ndash;winning author. Following the Mexican-American War, two French Jesuits leave Sandusky, Ohio, on a mission. Bishop Jean Marie Latour and his friend Father Joseph Vaillant are venturing to New Mexico territory to establish a Roman Catholic diocese. But this is no easy task. When the Jesuits arrive in the unforgiving landscape, they find a place that is American by law and Mexican and Indigenous in custom and belief. In the forty years that follow, the two face numerous dangers, rebellious priests, and loneliness. But through it all, they are sustained by faith, friendship, and the beauty of their surroundings. A moving chronicle of a spiritual journey in an awe-inspiring wilderness, Death Comes for the Archbishop is a masterpiece from one of America&rsquo;s greatest authors. &ldquo;A truly remarkable book. . . . Soaked through and through with atmosphere. . . . From the riches of her imagination and sympathy Miss Cather has distilled a very rare piece of literature. It stands out, from the very resistance it opposes to classification.&rdquo; &mdash;The New York Times&ldquo;The most sensuous of writers, Willa Cather builds her imagined world as solidly as our five senses build the universe around us.&rdquo; &mdash;Rebecca West, New York Times&ndash;bestselling author of Black Lamb and Grey Falcon&ldquo;[Cather&rsquo;s] descriptions of the Indian mesa towns on the rock are as beautiful, as unjudging, as lucid, as her descriptions of the Bishop&rsquo;s cathedral. . . . Cather&rsquo;s composed acceptance of mystery is a major, and rare, artistic achievement.&rdquo; &mdash;A. S. Byatt, Booker Prize&ndash;winning author of Posession</div>

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My Antonia

One of Ours

O Pioneers!

My Antonia

The Song of the Lark

The Professor's House

My Mortal Enemy

Death Comes for the Archbishop

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