| A Lost Lady Contributor(s): Cather, Willa (Author) |
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ISBN: 1438503571 ISBN-13: 9781438503578 Publisher: Book Jungle OUR PRICE: $18.95 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2008 Annotation: Willa Cather was an early 20th century author best known for her novels, O Pioneers, My Antonia, and Death Comes for the Archbishop. In 1906 Cather became the managing editor of McClures magazine. As a muckraker journalist Cather co-authored a scathing biography about the head of the Christian Science church, Mary Baker Eddy. A Lost Lady is written in the third person. Niel Herbert is a young man who grows up in Sweet Water and witnesses the decline of Mrs. Forrester for whom he feels very deeply. Cather portrays the moral disintegration of a lovable woman as seen through the eyes of a boy. The West is also depicted in its decline from the idealized age of noble pioneers to the age of capitalist exploitation. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Historical - General - Fiction | Psychological - Fiction | African American - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.39" H x 7.5" W x 9.25" (0.72 lbs) 184 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Cultural Region - Plains - Cultural Region - Upper Midwest - Geographic Orientation - Nebraska |
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| Publisher Description: Willa Cather was an early 20th century author best known for her novels, O Pioneers, My Antonia, and Death Comes for the Archbishop. In 1906 Cather became the managing editor of McClure's magazine. As a muckraker journalist Cather co-authored a scathing biography about the head of the Christian Science church, Mary Baker Eddy. A Lost Lady is written in the third person. Niel Herbert is a young man who grows up in Sweet Water and witnesses the decline of Mrs. Forrester for whom he feels very deeply. Cather portrays the moral disintegration of a lovable woman as seen through the eyes of a boy. The West is also depicted in its decline from the idealized age of noble pioneers to the age of capitalist exploitation. |