“Soulful and rich.Nothing short of a rhapsody in prairie sky blue.” -, editorial review My Ántonia is a book to read to children to show them what women can be, or to read-and remind-yourself.” - Erica Bauermeister, 500 Great Books by Women “In Antonia, Willa Cather portrays one of the great women of literature: strong, capable, and honest. A scant paragraph sets you out on the plains, and the breath of the wind that billows the long grass never leaves your face.” - Chicago Daily News “My Ántonia is packed with the feel of the country. There can be simple beauty in the world.” - Patton Oswalt “Opening the first page and reading it is like tossing a perfect paperĪirplane off a cliff and watching it soar.

“No romantic novel ever written in America, by man or woman, is one half so beautiful as My Ántonia.” - H. I could just picture everything so vividly in my mind. I loved the way it was written, it was so descriptive and beautifully written. 'I wasn't sure I was going to be able to get through this book, it being a classic book, but I loved it. Infused with a gracious passion for the land, My Ántonia is a deeply moving portrait of an entire community and its way of life. Holding the pastoral society’s heart, of course, is the bewitching, free-spirited Ántonia. Guiding the way are some of literature’s most beguiling characters: the Russian brothers plagued by memories of a fateful sleigh ride, Ántonia’s desperately homesick father and self-indulgent mother, and the coy Lena Lingard. Through Jim Burden’s endearing, smitten voice, we revisit the remarkable vicissitudes of immigrant life in the Nebraska heartland with all its insistent bonds. Widely recognized as Willa Cather’s finest book and one of the outstanding novels of American literature, My Ántonia tells of the life of early American pioneers in Nebraska.

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