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My Ántonia

Willa Cather

  • Novel
  • Book language: English
  • 221 pages

My Ántonia is a novel by Willa Cather narrated by Jim Burden, who recalls his childhood on the Nebraska prairie and his friendship with Ántonia Shimerda, a Bohemian immigrant girl. It offers a warm, vivid portrait of pioneer life, memory, and the people who shaped the American West; worth listening for its gentle, enduring characters and sense of place.

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Opening of the book

MY ÁNTONIA
By Willa Cather
TO CARRIE AND IRENE MINER
In memory of affections old and true
Optima dies... prima fugit VIRGIL
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
BOOK I. The Shimerdas
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII
IX
X
XI

XII
XIII
XIV
XV
XVI
XVII
XVIII
XIX
BOOK II. The Hired Girls
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII
IX
X
XI
XII
XIII
XIV
XV
BOOK III. Lena Lingard
I
II
III

IV
BOOK IV. The Pioneer Woman’s Story
I
II
III
IV
BOOK V. Cuzak’s Boys
I
II
III

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Contents

  1. MY ÁNTONIA
  2. CONTENTS
  3. INTRODUCTION
  4. BOOK I. The Shimerdas
  5. I
  6. II
  7. III
  8. IV
  9. V
  10. VI
  11. VII
  12. VIII
  13. IX
  14. X
  15. XI
  16. XII
  17. XIII
  18. XIV
  19. XV
  20. XVI
  21. XVII
  22. XVIII
  23. XIX
  24. BOOK II. The Hired Girls
  25. I
  26. II
  27. III
  28. IV
  29. V
  30. VI

and 24 more chapters

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