O Pioneers! (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Willa Cather
- First Published: 1913
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Regional
- Time of Work: 1880-1910
- Setting: Nebraska
- Genres: Long fiction, Domestic realism, Regional fiction, Naturalistic literature
- Subjects: North America or North Americans, United States or Americans, Sexism, Murder or homicide, Twentieth century, Gender roles, Nineteenth century, Marriage, Midwest, Brothers and sisters, Jealousy, envy, or resentment, Obsession, Farms, farmers, or farming, Adultery, Sweden or Swedish people, Frontier or pioneer life, Nebraska, Land settlement, Grasslands
- Locales: Hanover, NE
Characters Discussed
Alexandra Bergson, the daughter of a Swedish immigrant homesteader on the Divide in Nebraska. A strong- willed woman of great courage and resourcefulness, she takes charge of the farm after her father’s death and, through good years or bad, uses the land wisely. When times are hard and neighbors become discouraged and move away, she scrimps and saves to add their acres to her own. She is the first on the Divide to try new agricultural methods, to plant alfalfa, to build a silo. She keeps Oscar and Lou, her younger brothers, from leaving the farm for...
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