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A Lost Lady by Willa Cather
Category: Fiction | Series: Virago Modern Classics
Marian Forrester brings delight to her husband, an elderly railroad pioneer; to the small town of Sweet Water where they live; and to Niel Herbert, the young narrator of her story, who falls in love with her as a boy and later becomes her confidant. He witnesses this vibrant woman in all her contradicto ...Show more
April Twilights and Other Poems by Willa Cather; Everyman Publishers Staff
Category: Gift
"One of the foremost American novelists of the early twentieth century, Willa Cather (1873-1947) was born in Virginia but grew up in Nebraska. Before she wrote the novels that would make her famous, she was known as a poet, the most popular of her poems reprinted many times in national magazines and ant ...Show more
Classic Westerns (Leatherbound Classics) by Owen Wister, Willa Cather, Zane Grey, Max Brand
Category: Classics | Series: Leather-Bound Classics Ser.
Discover six classic novels as you follow the footsteps of the trailblazers who settled the American West. As the American West opened up to settlers after the Civil War, people were eager for tales of great adventures, endless possibilities, and the pioneering spirit. Classic Westerns is a collecti ...Show more
Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather
Category: Classics | Series: Signature Classics Ser.
For the 150th anniversary of Willa Cather's birth, and for the first time in Penguin Classics, her quietly beautiful novel of one man's life as he encounters the harsh landscape of the New Mexico desert and the people who inhabit it, with an introduction by National Book Award finalist Kali Fajardo-Anst ...Show more
Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather
Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
Two French priests, friends since childhood, are sent to the newly created diocese of New Mexico. Life there is hard and frequently dangerous. Journeys between parishes are beset by the perils of bandits and storms. The people do not always want to hear the priests' message. But through their many years ...Show more
Death Comes to the Archbishop by Willa Cather
Category: Classics
Two priests are despatched from Rome to New Mexico to reinvigorate Catholicism among the locals, knowing little of the challenges that await them. They face a journey characterised by drudgery, danger and a vast, unending, often barren landscape. Over almost four decades they encounter a rich variety of ...Show more
My Antonia by Willa Cather, Jane Smiley (Introduction)
Category: Classics | Series: Vintage Classics
his 100th Anniversary Edition of Willa Cather’s masterpiece includes the original illustrations by W. T. Benda and a new introduction by Pulitzer Prize–winning novelist Jane Smiley. In this symphonically powerful and magnificently observed novel, Cather created one of the most winning heroines in Ameri ...Show more
My Antonia by Willa Cather
Category: Classics
"This edition allows readers to see the novel as a complexly articulated response to the great issues and energies of America as it entered the modern age." -- John Swift, Occidental College, Los Angeles
My Antonia (Pengun Drop Caps) by Willa Cather
Category: Classics
It all begins with a letter. Fall in love with "Penguin Drop Caps", a new series of twenty-six collectable hardcover editions with a gorgeous type cover for each letter of the alphabet. Featuring lettering by Jessica Hische, a superstar in the world of type and illustration, whose work has appeared ever ...Show more