false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172632006m/200812.jpg 140963 71 Willa Cather's second novel is a timeless tale of a strong pioneer woman facing great challenges, shining a light on the immigrant experience, and revealing the emerging voice of one of our greatest authors. 467254 1913 O Pioneers! (Vintage Classics) total:4422|5:1112|4:1742|3:1192|2:279|1:97| 4422 16759 5650 434 140963 0679743626 9780679743620 3645 354 3.79 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172118854m/140963.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/140963.O_Pioneers_ 4 4 false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 22 08:35:49 -0700 2007 Mon Nov 05 11:16:43 -0800 2007
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you know how you're supposed to read classics, and you slog through them, bored out of your miiiiind, but glad you're taking your literary equivalent of cod liver oil? this book ain't like that. it's actually interesting, in...more...]]> 140963 0679743626 9780679743620 3645 354 3.79 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172118854m/140963.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/140963.O_Pioneers_ 4 1 false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon May 26 16:43:46 -0700 2008 Mon May 26 16:55:35 -0700 2008 more...]]> 140963 0679743626 9780679743620 3645 354 3.79 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172118854m/140963.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/140963.O_Pioneers_ 5 2 false Mon Apr 07 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 08 08:49:29 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 08 09:49:16 -0700 2008
I was hooked a...more...]]> 1192127 1593082053 9781593082055 37 7 3.79 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181772494m/1192127.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1192127.O_Pioneers_ 5 2 false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 25 15:34:07 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 03 07:10:04 -0700 2008 more...]]> 140963 0679743626 9780679743620 3645 354 3.79 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172118854m/140963.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/140963.O_Pioneers_ 4 1 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 03 19:47:17 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 10 16:49:19 -0800 2008 more...]]> 140963 0679743626 9780679743620 3645 354 3.79 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172118854m/140963.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/140963.O_Pioneers_ 5 1 false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Dec 06 14:44:30 -0800 2007 Mon Dec 17 11:27:10 -0800 2007 more...]]> 140963 0679743626 9780679743620 3645 354 3.79 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172118854m/140963.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/140963.O_Pioneers_ 3 1 false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Nov 28 10:00:51 -0800 2007 Wed Nov 28 10:06:31 -0800 2007 more...]]> 140963 0679743626 9780679743620 3645 354 3.79 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172118854m/140963.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/140963.O_Pioneers_ 5 1 false Sat Nov 29 09:02:08 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 29 09:06:58 -0800 2008 140963 0679743626 9780679743620 3645 354 3.79 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172118854m/140963.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/140963.O_Pioneers_ 4 1 false Fri May 09 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 21 20:58:59 -0700 2008 Fri May 09 17:39:23 -0700 2008
Willa Cather's style is very understated, very restrained. Reading one of her books is like hearing a very articulate, clinically depressed person tell you a Really...Interesting...Story. Very...Slowly.

I finally understand what people mean when they say...more...]]> 140963 0679743626 9780679743620 3645 354 3.79 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172118854m/140963.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/140963.O_Pioneers_ 3 1 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 27 06:45:12 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 27 07:00:39 -0800 2008 O Pioneers! is a bit melodramatic and calculated -- too earnest and sentimental, and the characters rather one-dimensional compared to her other novels and stories.

The hot spots in Cather: when the sophisticated (effete) urban man returns to confront the...more...]]> 140963 0679743626 9780679743620 3645 354 3.79 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172118854m/140963.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/140963.O_Pioneers_ 5 1 false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Tue Sep 25 06:50:11 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 25 06:54:33 -0700 2007 more...]]> 1377101 1406844357 9781406844351 210 11 3.79 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1183088838m/1377101.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1377101.O_Pioneers_ 5 1 false Thu Aug 16 07:01:09 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 16 07:01:09 -0700 2007 more...]]> 140963 0679743626 9780679743620 3645 354 3.79 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172118854m/140963.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/140963.O_Pioneers_ 5 0 false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Feb 13 08:47:00 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 13 08:49:31 -0800 2009
Here is a review from my blog:

i stayed up until one o’clock finishing o, pioneers by willa cather this morning and ...more...]]> 140963 0679743626 9780679743620 3645 354 3.79 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172118854m/140963.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/140963.O_Pioneers_ 4 0 false Sat Sep 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 26 20:57:39 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 27 10:37:50 -0700 2009
The hardness of the life of early pioneers is shown with tact and dignity in this book which is to say it is clearly written ...more...]]> 140963 0679743626 9780679743620 3645 354 3.79 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172118854m/140963.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/140963.O_Pioneers_ 5 0 false Tue Jul 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 28 15:57:31 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 28 19:22:13 -0700 2009 more...]]> 741607 0486277852 9780486277851 35 5 3.79 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1177904576m/741607.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/741607.O_Pioneers_ 2 0 false Sat Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Mon Jul 27 16:18:45 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 16:37:50 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 140963 0679743626 9780679743620 3645 354 3.79 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172118854m/140963.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/140963.O_Pioneers_ 3 0 false Tue Aug 05 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 31 19:22:40 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 02 22:21:24 -0700 2009 more...]]> 140963 0679743626 9780679743620 3645 354 3.79 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172118854m/140963.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/140963.O_Pioneers_ 5 1 false Mon Jul 14 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 12 22:06:59 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 14 15:03:29 -0700 2008 more...]]> 140963 0679743626 9780679743620 3645 354 3.79 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172118854m/140963.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/140963.O_Pioneers_ 4 0 false Fri Aug 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 16 09:02:17 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 27 07:23:27 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=200812