Neighbor Rosicky | What Do I Read Next?

O Pioneers!, Cather’s second novel, was written in 1913. Set in Nebraska in the late nineteenth century, the novel tells the story of a group of immigrants who settled there and met, loved, and parted. The novel provides a rich and detailed look at pioneer life.

My Antonia, Cather’s fourth novel, written in 1918, anticipates the themes that dominate ‘‘Neighbour Rosicky.’’ Narrated by Jim Burden, a farm boy on the Nebraska plains at the end of the nineteenth century, the novel recounts his memories of Antonia Shimerda, a Bohemian farm girl who...

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