Product Description
The novel that first made Willa Cather famousΠ ΠΠ βΠ²ΠΡa powerfully mythic tale of the American frontier told through the life of one extraordinary womanΠ ΠΠ βΠ²ΠΡin a handsome hardcover volume.
No other work of fiction so vividly evokes the harsh beauty and epic sweep of the Nebraska prairies that Cather knew and loved. The heroine of O Pioneers!, Alexandra Bergson, is a young Swedish immigrant at the turn of the twentieth century who inherits her fatherβ²s windblasted land and, through years of hard work, turns it into a prosperous farm. Fiercely independent, Alexandra sacrifices love and companionship in her passionate devotion to the land, until tragedy strikes and brings with it the chance for a new life.
One of our most beloved classics, one of the great heroines of American literature.
About the Author
Willa Cather (1873Π ΠΠ βΠ²ΠΡ1947) was the author of twelve novels, including *My Π βΠ Ρntonia and Death Comes for the Archbishop.
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Elaine Showalter is the author of *A Jury of Her Peers: Celebrating American Women Writers from Anne Bradstreet to Annie Proulx.
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