| My Ántonia Contributor(s): Cather, Willa (Author), Murphy, John J. (Introduction by), Murphy, John J. (Notes by) |
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ISBN: 0140187642 ISBN-13: 9780140187649 Publisher: Penguin Group OUR PRICE: $9.90 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1994 Annotation: Willa Cather's masterful portrait of prairie culture, based on her own life. Against Nebraska's panoramic landscape, Cather recreates the life of an immigrant girl who becomes, in the memories of narrator Jim Burden, the epitome of strong and dignifed womanhood. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Westerns - General - Fiction | Action & Adventure |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 93002491 |
| Lexile Measure: 990 |
| Series: Great Plains Trilogy |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 5.06" W x 7.77" (0.47 lbs) 320 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Nebraska - Cultural Region - Plains - Cultural Region - Upper Midwest |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 713 Reading Level: 6.9 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 14.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Willa Cather's My ntonia is considered one of the most significant American novels of the twentieth century. Set during the great migration west to settle the plains of the North American continent, the narrative follows Antonia Shimerda, a pioneer who comes to Nebraska as a child and grows with the country, inspiring a childhood friend, Jim Burden, to write her life story. The novel is important both for its literary aesthetic and as a portrayal of important aspects of American social ideals and history, particularly the centrality of migration to American culture. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. |