num_pages: 244
description: Willa Cather’s heartfelt novel is the unforgettable story of an immigrant woman’s life on the hardscrabble Nebraska plains. Through Jim Burden’s affectionate reminiscence of his childhood friend, the free-spirited Ántonia Shimerda, a larger, uniquely American portrait emerges, both of a community struggling with unforgiving terrain and of a woman who, amid great hardship, stands as a timeless inspiration.
language: English
title: My Ántonia
titlecomplete: My Ántonia
characters: Otto Fuchs, Mrs. Shimerda, Ambrosch Shimerda, Jake Marpole, Lena Lingard, Ántonia Shimerda, Mr. Shimerda, Jim Burden, Emmaline Burden, Josiah Burden
genres: Fiction, Classics, Historical, Classic Literature, American, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Literature, Novels, School
ratings_count: 134633
places: Nebraska
awards: awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: One Book One Nebraska
publisher: Mariner Books Classics