Willa Cather

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born

December 07, 1873 in Back Creek Valley, Virginia, The United States

died

April 24, 1947

gender

female

genre

Literature & Fiction

influences

Charles Dickens, William Makepeace Thackeray, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nat ...more

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Wilella Sibert Cather is an eminent author from the United States. She is perhaps best known for her depictions of U.S. life in novels such as O Pioneers!, My Ántonia, and Death Comes for the Archbishop.

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Average rating: 3.70 · 71,985 ratings · 5,918 reviews · 149 distinct works

	My Ántonia 3.67 avg rating — 42,779 ratings — published 1918 — 232 editions	My rating:
	O Pioneers! 3.76 avg rating — 10,653 ratings — published 1912 — 137 editions	My rating:
	Death Comes for the Archbishop 3.76 avg rating — 8,113 ratings — published 1927 — 47 editions	My rating:
	The Song of the Lark by Willa Cather, Doris Grumbach (Foreword) 3.87 avg rating — 2,160 ratings — published 1915 — 81 editions	My rating:
	The Professor's House by Willa Cather, A. S. Byatt (Introduction) 3.74 avg rating — 2,060 ratings — published 1925 — 23 editions	My rating:
	A Lost Lady by Willa Cather, A.S. Byatt (Introduction), A. S. Byatt (Introduction) 3.56 avg rating — 1,386 ratings — published 1923 — 36 editions	My rating:
	One of Ours 3.78 avg rating — 1,097 ratings — published 1922 — 80 editions	My rating:
	Lucy Gayheart 3.74 avg rating — 447 ratings — published 1935 — 11 editions	My rating:
	Shadows on the Rock 3.84 avg rating — 418 ratings — published 1931 — 15 editions	My rating:
	My Mortal Enemy 3.57 avg rating — 447 ratings — published 1926 — 14 editions	My rating:

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“There are some things you learn best in calm, and some in storm.”
― Willa Cather, The Song of the Lark

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“Where there is great love, there are always miracles.”
― Willa Cather

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“Most of the basic material a writer works with is acquired before the age of fifteen.”
― Willa Cather

tags: life , storytelling , writing

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Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

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Howards End by E.M. Forster

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A Room With a View by E.M. Forster

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