O Pioneers! (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Willa Cather
- First Published: 1913
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Regional
- Time of Work: 1880-1910
- Setting: Nebraska
- Principal Characters: Alexandra Bergson, Oscar, Lou, Emil, Carl Lindstrum, Marie Tovesky, Frank Shabata, Crazy Ivar
- 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 Story:
Hanover was a frontier town huddled on the windblown Nebraska prairie. One winter day, young Alexandra Bergson and her small brother Emil went into town from their new homestead. The Bergsons were Swedes. Their life in the new country was one of hardship because their father was sick and the children were too young to do all the work on their prairie acres. Alexandra went to the village doctor’s office to get some medicine for her father. The doctor told her there was no hope for Bergson’s recovery.
Emil had brought his kitten to town with him. He was...
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