O Pioneers! (Magill Book Reviews)
At a glance:
- Author: Willa Cather
- First Published: 1913
- Type of Work: Novel
- 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
The heroine of Willa Cather’s novel is Alexandra Bergson, whose family farms a bleak homestead outside the little town of Hanover, “huddled on the windblown Nebraska prairie.” One cold winter day, Alexandra and her little brother Emil go into town to pick up a prescription for her father, who is ill. As they prepare to leave, Carl Lindstrom, another Swedish boy, rescues Emil’s kitten from atop a telegraph pole. That winter, Alexandra’s father does not recover, and finally, on his deathbed, he calls the family together and tells his sons to listen to Alexandra after he...
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