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My Antonia

By: Willa Cather
Narrated by: Jeff Cummings, Ken Burns (introduction)
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Summary

Widely recognized as Willa Cather's finest book and one of the outstanding novels of American literature, My Antonia details of the life of early American pioneers in Nebraska.

Through Jim Burden's endearing, smitten voice, we revisit the remarkable vicissitudes of immigrant life in the Nebraska heartland, with all its insistent bonds. Guiding the way are some of literature's most beguiling characters: the Russian brothers plagued by memories of a fateful sleigh ride, Antonia's desperately homesick father and self-indulgent mother, and the coy Lena Lingard. Holding the pastoral society's heart, of course, is the bewitching, free-spirited Antonia.

Infused with a gracious passion for the land, My Antonia is a deeply moving portrait of an entire community and its way of life.

©2012 Willa Cather Classics Heartfelt

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"No romantic novel ever written in America, by man or woman, is one half so beautiful as My Antonia." (H. L. Mencken)
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Loved beginning and ending of story but was horrified by racist description of mixed race pianist in one chapter.

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This it the best audiobook I've ever listened to. Not only is My Antonia beautifully written and full of memorable characters, but the narrator does a fantastic job of bringing the novel to life. He reads at just the right speed (brisk, but not in a rush) and his accents are wonderful. Each time I pressed play I found myself listening for much longer than I'd intended because the plot and storytelling captivated me. Highly recommended.

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This story is a semiotic for all of us who grew up in the countryside a long time ago. There were always families like Antonia’s, poor and feckless and scrounging , always families like Jim’s collected and well managed. The countryside is not a tidy place like the suburbs, the weeds grow and detritus no longer usable is left to rot. A good thing as car and farm museums find most of their ancient artefacts from the countryside. My childhood was in Hampshire but this tory will be a remembrance for all countryside childhoods, wherever they were. The Antonia’s of this world always survived well and were loved.

So evocative of all country childhoods

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The poignancy of this story and the beauty of the prose is almost unbearable. A low key masterpiece.

A wonderful discovery. E pluribus, unum.

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Wonderfully evocative first hand account of the first settlers in Nebraska. I loved this book.

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