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My Antonia by Willa Cather
Category: Biography
"This edition allows readers to see the novel as a complexly articulated response to the great issues and energies of America as it entered the modern age." -- John Swift, Occidental College, Los Angeles
My Antonia by Willa Cather
Category: Fiction | Series: Vintage classics
"The best thing I've done is "My à ntonia,"" recalled Willa Cather. "I feel I've made a contribution to American letters with that book." An unconventional novel of prairie life, "My à ntonia" tells the story of a remarkable woman whose strength and passion epitomize the pioneer spirit. ´ Antonia Shi ...Show more
My Antonia by Willa Cather
Category: Classic Fiction
One of the most significant American novels of the twentieth century, Willa Cather's heartfelt novel is the unforgettable story of an immigrant woman's life on the hardscrabble Nebraska plains. Through Jim Burden's affectionate reminiscence of his childhood friend, the free-spirited Ántonia Shimerda, ...Show more
My Antonia by Willa Cather, Jane Smiley (Introduction)
Category: Classics | Series: Vintage Classics
his 100th Anniversary Edition of Willa Cather’s masterpiece includes the original illustrations by W. T. Benda and a new introduction by Pulitzer Prize–winning novelist Jane Smiley. In this symphonically powerful and magnificently observed novel, Cather created one of the most winning heroines in Ameri ...Show more
My Antonia: Introduction by Jane Smiley by Willa Cather
Category: International Fiction | Series: Vintage Classics Ser.
In this symphonically powerful and magnificently observed novel, Cather created one of the most winning heroines in American fiction, a woman whose calm, undemonstrative strength and robust high spirits make her emblematic of the virtues Cather most admired in her country. ntonia Shimerda is the daughte ...Show more
My Antonia - Oxford World's Classics by Willa Cather (Author) , Janet Sharistanian (Edited by)
Category: Fiction | Series: Oxford World's Classics
'As I looked about me I felt that the grass was the country, as the water is the sea. The red of the grass made all the great prairie the colour of wine-stains...And there was so much motion in it; the whole country seemed, somehow, to be running.' My Antonia (1918) depicts the pioneering period of Eur ...Show more
My Antonia (Pengun Drop Caps) by Willa Cather
Category: Classic Fiction
It all begins with a letter. Fall in love with "Penguin Drop Caps", a new series of twenty-six collectable hardcover editions with a gorgeous type cover for each letter of the alphabet. Featuring lettering by Jessica Hische, a superstar in the world of type and illustration, whose work has appeared ever ...Show more
My Ántonia by Willa Cather
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Collins Classics Ser.
My ntonia By Willa Cather My ntonia (first published 1918) is considered the greatest novel by American writer Willa Cather. My ntonia - pronounced with the accent on the first syllable of " ntonia" - is the final book of the "prairie trilogy" of novels by Cather, a list that also includes O Pioneers an ...Show more
My Ántonia by Willa Cather
Category: Classic Fiction | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
My ntonia is a novel published in 1918 by American writer Willa Cather, considered one of her best works. It is the final book of her "prairie trilogy" of novels, preceded by O Pioneers and The Song of the Lark. The novel tells the stories of an orphaned boy from Virginia, Jim Burden, and the elder daug ...Show more