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My Ántonia

Willa Cather

My Ántonia

Willa Cather

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"My Ántonia" by Willa Cather is a novel published in 1918. It follows orphaned Jim Burden and Ántonia Shimerda, a Bohemian immigrant girl, as they arrive as children in the Nebraska frontier. Their friendship deepens through shared adventures and hardships on the harsh prairie. As they grow older, their paths diverge—Jim pursues education while Ántonia faces family tragedy and hard labor. The story explores memory, pioneering life, and the enduring bond between two people shaped by the American West. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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  1. 1MY ÁNTONIA1,344 chars
  2. 2INTRODUCTION7,250 chars
  3. 3BOOK I. The Shimerdas6,335 chars
  4. 4II13,172 chars
  5. 5III11,034 chars
  6. 6IV5,552 chars
  7. 7V6,439 chars
  8. 8VI6,275 chars
  9. 9VII9,057 chars
  10. 10VIII14,088 chars
  11. 11IX10,365 chars
  12. 12X11,469 chars
  13. 13XI5,228 chars
  14. 14XII4,964 chars
  15. 15XIII6,908 chars
  16. 16XIV12,074 chars
  17. 17XV12,601 chars
  18. 18XVI6,324 chars
  19. 19XVII8,602 chars
  20. 20XVIII11,768 chars
  21. 21XIX4,316 chars
  22. 22BOOK II. The Hired Girls5,324 chars
  23. 23II8,340 chars
  24. 24III5,342 chars
  25. 25IV12,433 chars
  26. 26V3,672 chars
  27. 27VI9,884 chars
  28. 28VII15,148 chars
  29. 29VIII5,634 chars
  30. 30IX8,657 chars
  31. 31X5,139 chars
  32. 32XI6,341 chars
  33. 33XII14,733 chars
  34. 34XIII5,767 chars
  35. 35XIV17,734 chars
  36. 36XV9,772 chars
  37. 37BOOK III. Lena Lingard7,413 chars
  38. 38II9,849 chars
  39. 39III8,907 chars
  40. 40IV19,200 chars
  41. 41BOOK IV. The Pioneer Woman’s Story7,088 chars
  42. 42II3,576 chars
  43. 43III15,628 chars
  44. 44IV5,106 chars
  45. 45BOOK V. Cuzak’s Boys32,636 chars
  46. 46II17,137 chars
  47. 47III5,226 chars