O, Pioneers! - Willa Cather by Willa Cather
O, Pioneers! (1913) was Willa Cathers first great novel, and to many it remains her unchallenged masterpiece. No other work of fiction so faithfully conveys both the sharp physical realities and the mythic sweep of the transformation of the American frontierand the transformation of the people who settled it. Cathers heroine is Alexandra Bergson, who arrives on the wind-blasted prairie of Hanover, Nebraska, as a girl and grows up to make it a prosperous farm. But this archetypal success story is darkened by loss, and Alexandras devotion to the land may come at the cost of love itself.
Classic
O, Pioneers! - Willa Cather
Public domain
3.9(54,968 ratings)
Category: Classic
Narrator: Alexis ODonahue
Tags: Classic, Adults, Historical Fiction, Literature
O, Pioneers! (1913) was Willa Cathers first great novel, and to many it remains her unchallenged masterpiece. No other work of fiction so faithfully conveys both the sharp physical realities and the mythic sweep of the transformation of the American frontierand the transformation of the people who settled it. Cathers heroine is Alexandra Bergson, who arrives on the wind-blasted prairie of Hanover, Nebraska, as a girl and grows up to make it a prosperous farm. But this archetypal success story is darkened by loss, and Alexandras devotion to the land may come at the cost of love itself.
