• "My Antonia" by Willa Cather w/ Historian Richard Norton Smith

  • Oct 27 2023
  • Length: 25 mins
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"My Antonia" by Willa Cather w/ Historian Richard Norton Smith

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  • Willa Cather's novel, My Ántonia, evokes the Nebraska prairie life of her childhood and pays tribute to the spirit and courage of immigrant pioneers in America. Historian Richard Norton Smith discusses Cather's works, including My Antonia, which was written in 1918. The book tells the story of a girl who arrives on the frontier as part of a family of Bohemian immigrants, and her friendship with an orphaned boy who taught her English. The novel explores issues facing women of the time in that region, and the meaning of success in America. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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