num_pages: 290
description: Willa Cather's My Ántonia is considered one of the most significant American novels of the twentieth century. Set during the great migration west to settle the plains of the North American continent, the narrative follows Antonia Shimerda, a pioneer who comes to Nebraska as a child and grows with the country, inspiring a childhood friend, Jim Burden, to write her life story. The novel is important both for its literary aesthetic and as a portrayal of important aspects of American social ideals and history, particularly the centrality of migration to American culture.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
language: English
title: My Ántonia
titlecomplete: My Ántonia (Great Plains Trilogy, #3)
characters: Ántonia Shimerda, Lena Lingard, Josiah Burden, Jim Burden, Mr. Shimerda, Jake Marpole, Emmaline Burden, Mrs. Shimerda, Ambrosch Shimerda, Otto Fuchs
genres: Classics, American, Historical, Novels, School, Classic Literature, Historical Fiction, Literature, Literary Fiction, Fiction
ratings_count: 134634
places: Nebraska
awards: awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: One Book One Nebraska
publisher: Penguin Classics