The Song of the Lark
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The Song of the Lark
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Narrated by:
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Christine Williams
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By:
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Willa Cather
In this semiautobiographical portrait of a young artist in the making, Willa Cather takes us into the heart of a woman coming to know her deepest self. Thea Kronborg, a minister’s daughter in a provincial Colorado town, has dreams and gifts that her humble hometown will not satisfy. With the support of a few allies who recognize her rare qualities, she follows her ambitions to the big city, determined to be an opera diva. As she moves through a series of music teachers in Chicago, Thea finds that the attitudes and standards of those around her rarely match her own. It is only when she reconnects with pure nature in a brilliant Arizona desert canyon that Thea rediscovers the sensuous, mystical openness that is the source of her art. Realizing she must protect this experience at all costs, she resolves to shed all relationships that don’t serve her higher purpose.
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Critic reviews
“Cather knew some important truths and kindly took the time to write them down eloquently to share them with us—uncommonly valuable truths—even a hundred years later.”
(OneMoreOption)“The Song of the Lark is one of several works in which Cather displays her lyrical powers.”
(Merriam-Webster’s Encyclopedia of Literature)“A moving tale of an artist's self-discovery.”
(New York Times)