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Willa Cather My Ántonia : Unabridged Text with Introduction, Biography and Analysis My Ántonia is a novel published in 1918 by American writer Willa Cather, considered one of her best works. It is the...

This book contains the complete novels of Willa Cather in the chronological order of their original publication. - Alexander's Bridge - O Pioneers! - The Song of the Lark - My Ántonia - One of Ours -...

This ebook compiles Willa Cather's complete novels, including "My Ántonia", "Death Comes for the Archbishop", "O Pioneers!" and "One of Ours". This edition has been professionally formatted and contains...

Willa Sibert Cather was an American writer known for her novels of life on the Great Plains, including O Pioneers!, The Song of the Lark, and My Ántonia. In 1923, she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for...

‘A Lost Lady’ is Willa Cather’s brilliant depiction of the decline of the American pioneer spirit and the bleakness of frontier life. In it, socialite Marrian Forrester lives with her husband, the ageing...

Anno 1851. Jean-Marie Latour, un giovane sacerdote francese dotato di un’acuta intelligenza, viene inviato in New Mexico in veste di vicario apostolico. Il paese ha appena subito l'annessione al territorio...

‘One of Ours’ is Willa Cather's Pulitzer prize-winning story about life on the American frontier. The country teeters on the brink of World War I and Claude Wheeler finds himself a conflicted man. The...

When Jean-Baptiste Lamy and Joseph Projectus Machebeuf accept a commission to establish a Catholic diocese in New Mexico, they know they are in for a few trials. 'Death Comes for the Archbishop' is an...

Brilliantly intelligent, rich and stylish Myra is a living legend in her hometown. But she sends shockwaves through the community when she rejects her riches and elopes with hard-up Oswald Henshawe....

“My Ántonia” evokes the Nebraska prairie life of Willa Cather’s childhood, and commemorates the spirit and courage of immigrant pioneers in America. One of Cather’s earliest novels, written in 1918, it...

This ebook compiles Willa Cather's greatest writings, including novels and short stories such as "My Ántonia", "One of Ours", "Paul's Case", "O Pioneers!", "A Wagner Matinée" and "Death Comes for the...

“My Ántonia” evokes the Nebraska prairie life of Willa Cather’s childhood, and commemorates the spirit and courage of immigrant pioneers in America. One of Cather’s earliest novels, written in 1918, it...

First published in 1918, My Ántonia is the unforgettable story of an immigrant woman’s life on the hardscrabble Nebraska plains. Together here with O Pioneers!, a classic American tale of pioneer life...

Claude, working on the family farm and married to a woman who is more interested in her missionary work than she is in him, tires of his monotonous life. When his wife leaves for China, he decides to...

My Ántonia tells the stories of several immigrant families who move out to rural Nebraska to start new lives in America, with a particular focus on a Bohemian family, the Shimerdas, whose eldest daughter...

" Nul classique de la littérature américaine n'est aussi vrai, chaleureux et humain." H.L Mencken Jeune immigrée venue de Bohême avec sa soeur et ses parents, Antonia a grandi à Black Hawk, dans le Nebraska....

Un soir de l’été 1848, Rome décide d’envoyer le père Latour, qui exerce son ministère près des Grands Lacs, ranimer la foi au Nouveau-Mexique. À dos de cheval, Jean-Marie Latour et son fidèle Joseph Vaillant...

Les derniers bateaux ont levé les voiles et disparu de l'horizon. Pas un navire ne reviendra avant huit mois. De octobre à juillet, les colons seront seuls sur ce rocher éloigné de l'Europe, cette terre...

“My Ántonia” evokes the Nebraska prairie life of Willa Cather’s childhood, and commemorates the spirit and courage of immigrant pioneers in America. One of Cather’s earliest novels, written in 1918, it...

Eh bien, il va falloir se faire une raison : l’Américain-type, ça n’existe pas ! Tant pis pour la belle ordonnance des idées toutes faites ; d’un Américain à l’autre, le caractère, les mœurs, la stature...

Willa Cather weaves a poignant and evocative tale of pioneer life on the Nebraska plains. In My Antonia we follow Jim Burden, a young boy who moves to Nebraska to live with his grandparents, and his close...

One of America’s greatest women writers, Willa Cather established her talent and her reputation with this extraordinary novel—the first of her books set on the Nebraska frontier. A tale of the prairie...

O Pioneers! is a 1913 novel by American author Willa Cather, written while she was living in New York. This is her second published novel.

The Professor's House is a novel by American novelist Willa Cather. Published in 1925, the novel was written over the course of several years.

The Song of the Lark is a novel by American author Willa Cather, written in 1915. It is her third novel to be published. The book tells the story of a talented artist born in a small town in Colorado...

My Antonia is a novel published in 1918 by American writer Willa Cather, considered one of her best works.

Conscia della tensione fra vecchio e nuovo mondo, che tanto aveva sconvolto la vita dei migranti europei negli Stati Uniti tra Otto e Novecento, Willa Cather scelse di raccontare l’ombra e le contraddizioni...

Claude Wheeler opened his eyes before the sun was up and vigorously shook his younger brother, who lay in the other half of the same bed. "Ralph, Ralph, get awake! Come down and help me wash the car."...

Als Professor Godfrey St. Peter mit seiner Frau in ein neues Haus umzieht, wird er unzufrieden mit dem Weg, den sein Leben nimmt. Er behält sein verstaubtes Arbeitszimmer vom alten Haus und versucht so,...

Eine verlorene Frau" erzählt die Geschichte von Marian Forrester und ihrem Mann, Captain Daniel Forrester, die in der Westernstadt Sweet Water an der Transkontinentalen Eisenbahn leben. Marian - eine...

He didn't choose the prophecy. But it chose him.Jake Thompson is a disgraced ex-pilot trying to disappear—until a dying man hands him a pendant and whispers a name long lost to legend. Suddenly, Jake...

Science Fiction Romance Short Story. 2,300 words.Weary of being away from his home world, an alien researcher suddenly meets a determined runaway bride.I loved this! I could feel Vantos' loneliness. A...

Decades after a devastating AI uprising turned Chicago into a hazardous wasteland of crumbling skyscrapers and electromagnetic storms, Tatiana Reyes carries the ghost of her daughter like a lead weight....

In the skeletal remains of a world choked by dust and haunted by the ghosts of a fallen civilization, knowledge is a dangerous currency, and survival a brutal daily grind. Sloan, a hardened archivist...

They got the house.They didn't ask why it was so cheap.They should have.When Frank, Shelley, and their two young children move into their new home, they think they've found a fresh start. But there's...

Land Banking is hurting the possibilities for ending homelessness and is rarely talked about.  This book brings new light on the subject and gives practical solutions.  Cities everywhere should look around...

--Recipient of the 2022 Singapore Literature Prize Readers' Favourite English Book--Snow falls over Singapore for exactly four minutes and twenty-six seconds, quietly interrupting the lives of a dozen...

Meet Rocky and Charlie, two playful pups who turn every day into an adventure! From rainy day chases to muddy mishaps, beachside fun to unexpected vet visits, these inseparable best friends always find...

Agatha Christie’s seasonal Poirot and Marple short story collection. First came a sinister warning to Poirot not to eat any plum pudding… then the discovery of a corpse in a chest…...

All 51 Hercule Poirot short stories presented in chonological order in a single volume – plus a bonus story not seen for more than 70 years. ‘My name is Hercule Poirot and I am probably the...

The No. 1 bestselling author Stephen King's timeless coming-of-age novella, The Body - set in Castle Rock and originally published in his 1982 short story collection Different Seasons, and adapted into...

This carefully crafted ebook is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents of the complete works of Oscar Wilde, containing more than 150 works. Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie...

HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. “In a moment I was clutched by several hands, and there was no mistaking that they were trying to haul...

‘No Muggle Prime Minister has ever set foot in the Ministry of Magic, for reasons most succinctly summed up by ex-Minister Dugald McPhail (term of office 1858-1865): “their puir wee braines couldnae cope...

These horror stories may be short, but they're still gruesome, twisted and disturbingIn Flashes of Fright: Volume III, you'll discover thirteen horror stories, each of which is 1,000 words long. Though...

This ebook contains Oscar Wilde's complete works. This edition has been professionally formatted and contains several tables of contents. The first table of contents (at the very beginning of the ebook)...

Can the perfect village save the perfect wedding? INCLUDES EXCLUSIVE EXTRACT FROM A POSTCARD FROM ITALY Cher, the landlady of the Duck & Puddle...

Little girls and their dragons. Ever wonder how your favorite Reverse Harem started? Wanting nothing more but to meet the dragon in the cave, Risa will stop at nothing. Even if that means endearing, it's...

A Machine for Hugs is a collection of tales embracing the everyday strangeness of being alive. These stories explore forgotten avenues and dark corners too weird to ignore. A lone gravedigger's life...

At United Middle School, mysteries aren't just an occasional problem—they're an everyday disaster. When Jake, Emily, Amy, and Max—the school's unofficial mystery squad—team up to solve a string of bizarre...

Sherlock Holmes is not only the most famous character in crime fiction, but arguably the most famous character in all fiction. In sixty adventures that pit his extraordinary wits and courage against foreign...

After studying the Moon card, Madeline blesses Alice and Eliot's upcoming marriage.

An anonymous tip leads detectives to the bodies of a dozen women in the cellar of an abandoned cabin. The cellar also contains the body of a man killed within the previous thirty-six hours. Who killed...

Welcome to a world of wisdom, tradition, and life lessons, told through the vibrant voice of the Ndebele people. This book is a collection of 25 Ndebele proverbs—each one a piece of ancient knowledge...

Three irresistible short stories by the global phenomenon Ali Hazelwood, now available together in paperback for the first time, with an exclusive bonus chapter.Mara, Sadie, and Hannah are friends first,...

Isaac Asimov’s Robot series – from the iconic collection I, Robot to four classic novels – contains some of the most influential works in the history of science fiction. Establishing and testing the Three...

A dark and disturbing ebook original from the master of the crime genre.A famous writer asks a boxman to open an old safe that comes with the mansion he's just bought. It's not as easy a job as he's used...

"The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath is a haunting exploration of the human psyche. Set against the backdrop of 1950s America, the novel follows Esther Greenwood, a talented and ambitious young woman, as she...

**Pre-order DREAM COUNT, the searing, exquisite new novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie now!** From the Women's Prize-winning author of Half of a Yellow Sun come twelve...

Five years after the "Silencing" virus decimated the world, hope flickers in the ruins. Dr. Paulina Rivera, haunted by her past failures, clutches the last chance for humanity's survival: data drives...