My Ántonia

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Health & Fitness, Stories For Kids, Kids & Family

4.4 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 11 September 2019

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Tonight, we’ll read the opening to Willa Cather’s 1918 novel My Ántonia. It is the final book of her "prairie trilogy" of novels, preceded by O Pioneers! and The Song of the Lark. The novel tells the stories of an orphaned boy from Virginia, Jim Burden, and the elder daughter in a family of Bohemian immigrants, Ántonia Shimerda, who are each brought as children to be pioneers in Nebraska towards the end of the 19th century. This novel is considered Cather's first masterpiece. Cather was praised for bringing the American West to life and making it personally interesting. — read by 'V' — Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/snoozecast) Listen Ad-Free on Patreon See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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1:35.0	Tonight, we'll be reading the opening to Willa Cathers' 1918 novel, My Antonia.
1:45.0	It is the final book of her prairie trilogy of novels,
1:50.0	preceded by Oh Pioneers and The Song of the Lark.
1:56.1	The novel tells the stories of an orphaned boy from Virginia, Jim Burden, and the eldest daughter in a family of bohemian immigrants,
2:07.2	Antonia Shimurda, who are each brought as children to be pioneers in Nebraska towards the end of the 19th century.
2:18.6	This novel is considered Cathar's first masterpiece.
2:23.0	Cathar was praised for bringing the American West to life
2:27.6	and making it personally interesting. lasting.
2:35.0	Let's get cozy.
2:40.0	Close your eyes. Let's get cozy.
2:45.0	Close your eyes.
2:54.0	Relax your body into the softness of your bed.
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