My Antonia
by Willa Cather
This great American novel tells the story of several immigrant families who move to rural Nebraska. Antonia is the eldest daughter of the Shimerdas and is a bold and free-hearted young woman who becomes the center of narrator Jim Burden's attention. The story has many elements but clearly documents the struggles of the hard-working immigrants that homesteaded the prairies, and does a particularly fine job covering the hardships that women faced in that difficult environment. My Antonia also provides Willa Cather with a platform to make some comments on women's rights while weaving a story where romantic interests are ultimately bandied about by the uncontrolled changes that occur in people's lives. The final book of Willa Cather's prairie trilogy, My Antonia, is considered her greatest accomplishment. My Antonia was first published in 1918.
BOOK I - The Shimeradas - PART I
BOOK I - The Shimerdas - PART II
BOOK I - The Shimerdas - PART III
BOOK I - The Shimerdas - PART IV
BOOK I - The Shimerdas - PART V
BOOK I - The Shimerdas - PART VI
BOOK I - The Shimerdas - PART VII
BOOK I - The Shimerdas - PART VIII
BOOK I - The Shimerdas - PART IX
BOOK I - The Shimerdas - PART X
BOOK I - The Shimerdas - PART XI
BOOK I - The Shimerdas - PART XII
BOOK I - The Shimerdas - PART XIII
BOOK I - The Shimerdas - PART XIV
BOOK I - The Shimerdas - PART XV
BOOK I - The Shimerdas - PART XVI
BOOK I - The Shimerdas - PART XVII
BOOK I - The Shimerdas - PART XVIII
BOOK I - The Shimerdas - PART XIX
BOOK II - The Hired Girls - PART I
BOOK II - The Hired Girls - PART II
BOOK II - The Hired Girls PART III
BOOK II - The Hired Girls PART IV
BOOK II - The Hired Girls PART V
BOOK II - The Hired Girls - PART VI
BOOK II - The Hired Girls PART VII
BOOK II - The Hired Girls - PART VIII
BOOK II - The Hired Girls - PART IX
BOOK II - The Hired Girls - PART X
BOOK II - The Hired Girls - PART XI
BOOK II - The Hired Girls PART XII
BOOK II - The Hired Girls - PART XIII
BOOK II - The Hired Girls - PART XIV
BOOK II - The Hired Girls - PART XV
BOOK III - Lena Lingard - PART I
BOOK III - Lena Lingard - PART II
BOOK III - Lena Lingard - PART III
BOOK III - Lena Lingard - PART IV
BOOK IV - The Pioneer Woman's Story - PART I
BOOK IV - The Pioneer Woman's Story - PART II
BOOK IV - The Pioneer Woman's Story - PART III
BOOK IV - The Pioneer Woman's Story - PART IV
BOOK V - Cuzak's Boys - PART I
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