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Title: My Ántonia

Author: Willa Cather

Narrator: David Colacci

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 52 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-14-15

Publisher: The Classic Collection

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 21 votes

Genres: Classics, American Literature

Publisher's Summary:

An incredible novel strength and resilience that celebrates the tremendous spirit of the immigrant pioneers in America

My Ántonia chronicles the life of Ántonia, a Bohemian immigrant woman, as seen through the eyes of Jim, the man unable to forget her. Jim, now a successful New York lawyer, recollects his upbringing on a Nebraska farm. Even after twenty years, Ántonia continues to live a romantic life in his imagination. When he returns to Nebraska, he finds Ántonia has lived a battered life and is now abandoned by the very man to whom she dedicated her life. Jim wonders now if he will ever again see the vibrancy of life and incredible courage that he once knew in Ántonia....

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Members Reviews:

A total picture of pioneer life..

For those not satisfied with their lot in life reading this book will put it in proper perspective. I do believe it an accurate portrayal of 19th century Americana pioneering.

A look at American pioneer history

Writing marvelously with its mastery of style and dialect Cather brings the modern reader back into a time long forgotten

Easy summer reading about a bygone era

Easy summer reading about a bygone era. It's a good reminder of how easy we have it now, people really had to struggle just to stay alive, but in many cases their hard work and perseverance paid off.

Antonia

From their time as children, growing up in the same small, rural town in the Midwest, Antonia and Jim Burden (the person telling the story) sought to overcome difficulties. Antonia is a strong woman who was beloved by her peers. The main characters are carved out very well and evolve through the years; moreover, the novel places the reader in the middle of the era in which Antonia and Jim lived. I read this book many years ago for the first time, but definitely appreciated revisiting it. Cather was a great writer.

A girl who plucks the heartstrings

It's been awhile since I read My Antonia so memory fades. The story takes place in rural Nebraska at the turn of the century which brought a lot on insight as to conditions of the period which, if you were poor, were extremely difficult. The book is really about two families, one older and established (the Burdens) and fairly well-to-do whereas the other family were newly immigrated from Easter Europe (the Shimerdas) and very poor. When Jim Burden first saw his new neighbor (Antonia Shimerda) get off the train he probably fell in love with her then. But the tale alternates between the two families and despite his closeness to Antonia he is too shy to express his feelings for her. Her early life in their new farm is dreadful. They have nothing; not enough to eat, no warm clothing, no money. Without help from the Burdens they just were not going to make it. It is difficult not to fall under Antonia's spell but she makes some careless life decisions and I was disappointed with the resulting consequences.