After the death of his parents, Jim Burden is sent to live with his
grandparents in Nebraska, where he meets his first and most
prominent love, Antonia Shimera. As pioneers in Nebraska, the
Shimera family expected hardships, but none as devastating as a
death in the family. Narrated by Jim Burden, an orphan living with
his grandparents next door to the Shimera's, My Antonia follows the
coming of age and life of Jim and Antonia, the eldest daughter in
the Shimera family. Starting when Jim and Antonia were young kids,
the Burdens and the Shimera's live as neighbors in the plains of
19th century Nebraska. While the weather was often harsh and the
untamed land made it difficult to yield crops, the Shimera family
worked hard to maintain a content life. However, when a tragic
death strikes the Shimera family, they fall into poverty despite
the aid Jim's grandparents try to offer. As her family's farm
fails, Antonia has to quit school to help out with manual labor.
Antonia gets a job as a town girl, helping care for children and
households in order to support her family. Meanwhile, Jim moves
into town as well for higher education, and is able to reconnect
with Antonia, though she does not have as much leisure time as he
does. As they both grow into adulthood, Jim witnesses the Shimera's
and Antonia to make difficult choices and somber sacrifices,
contrasting their hardships to his own comfortable life. My Antonia
earned commercial and critical acclaim soon after its publication,
and has inspired film and stage adaptations since. With themes of
feminism, insight on lower class Americans, and the use of deep
metaphors, Willa Cather's My Antonia is a classic gem worthy of
even more recognition. Now redesigned with an eye-catching cover
and printed in an easy-to-read font, this edition of Willa Cather's
My Antonia restores the classic novel to create an engaging
experience for modern audiences.
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