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My Antonia

My Antonia

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Written by

Willa Cather

Narrated by

Jeff Cummings

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Edition:
Unabridged (Blackstone Audiobooks)
Unabridged (Tantor Media)
Length:
7 hours, 21 minutes
File Size:
202 MB (144 files)
Published:
May 2007

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Summary

This novel about the friendship between two Nebraska children, Jim Burden and Antonia Shimerda is considered Cather's masterpiece. The fortunes of the two families are opposed: the Burdens thrive while the Shimerdas decline, a downfall that culminates in the suicide of Antonia's father, which forces the girl to work in the fields and then as a servant. Throughout all her trials, Antonia's strength, humor, and goodness sustain her and her family--and Jim, for whom she is a lifelong inspiration and mentor. Willa Cather called this novel "the best thing I've done."

Quotes from the Critics

"No romantic novel ever written in America, by man or woman, is one half so beautiful as 'My Antonia'. It is the finest thing of its sort ever done in America." - Smart Set

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    In 1910, Willa Cather lived in the house on Washington Square in Greenwich Village that had also been occupied, before or after, by Theodore Dreiser, Stephen Crane, and O. Henry. The place came to be known as the "house of genius."

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