A Lost Lady (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Willa Cather
- First Published: 1923
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Domestic realism
- Time of Work: Late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries
- Setting: Nebraska
- Genres: Long fiction
- Subjects: Family or family life
- Locales: Nebraska
Characters Discussed
Marian Forrester, the charming, lovely wife of Captain Daniel Forrester, a contractor during the great railroad-building period in the West. She is shown first in her home in Sweet Water, Colorado, where she sheds the warm radiance of her personality on all about her, from the railway and mining aristocracy who come visiting in their private cars to the village boys who go fishing in the creek running through the Forrester property. One of these is Niel Herbert, an impressionable adolescent through whose eyes, as he grows in years and understanding, the...
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