description: 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.
title: My Antonia
titlecomplete: My Antonia
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: 134635
places: Nebraska
awards: awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: One Book One Nebraska