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My Ántonia by Willa Cather (1918)
The story of Ántonia Shimerda, a Bohemian immigrant girl on the Nebraska prairie, told through the memories of her childhood friend Jim Burden. A luminous, heartbreaking portrait of the American pioneer experience.
Historical Significance:
Willa Cather based Ántonia on Annie Sadilek Pavelka, a real Bohemian immigrant she knew growing up in Red Cloud, Nebraska. Published in 1918, the novel captured a vanishing world — the first generation of European immigra...
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The story of Ántonia Shimerda, a Bohemian immigrant girl on the Nebraska prairie, told through the memories of her childhood friend Jim Burden. A luminous, heartbreaking portrait of the American pioneer experience.
Historical Significance:
Willa Cather based Ántonia on Annie Sadilek Pavelka, a real Bohemian immigrant she knew growing up in Red Cloud, Nebraska. Published in 1918, the novel captured a vanishing world — the first generation of European immigra...
Read free on BoingyBooks: https://boingybooks.com/marketplace/product.php?id=137
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