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Willa Cather


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

Died
April 24, 1947

Genre
Literature & Fiction

Influences
Charles Dickens, Sarah Orne Jewett, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Haw ...more


Wilella Sibert Cather was born in Back Creek Valley (Gore), Virginia, in December 7, 1873.

She grew up in Virginia and Nebraska. She then attended the University of Nebraska, initially planning to become a physician, but after writing an article for the Nebraska State Journal, she became a regular contributor to this journal. Because of this, she changed her major and graduated with a bachelor's degree in English.

After graduation in 1894, she worked in Pittsburgh as writer for various publications and as a school teacher for approximately 13 years, thereafter moving to New York City for the remainder of her life.

Her novels on frontier life brought her to national recognition. In 1923 she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for her novel, 'One o ...more

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Average rating: 3.87 · 320,486 ratings · 28,027 reviews · 884 distinct works • Similar authors
My Ántonia
3.84 avg rating — 147,335 ratings — published 1918 — 2359 editions
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O Pioneers!
3.90 avg rating — 58,516 ratings — published 1913 — 1661 editions
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Death Comes for the Archbishop
3.97 avg rating — 43,117 ratings — published 1927 — 372 editions
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The Song of the Lark
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One of Ours
3.96 avg rating — 10,011 ratings — published 1922 — 898 editions
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The Professor's House
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3.78 avg rating — 10,151 ratings — published 1925 — 295 editions
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A Lost Lady
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3.72 avg rating — 8,165 ratings — published 1923 — 509 editions
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Shadows on the Rock
4.02 avg rating — 3,284 ratings — published 1931 — 221 editions
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My Mortal Enemy
3.60 avg rating — 3,509 ratings — published 1926 — 111 editions
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Paul's Case
3.83 avg rating — 2,677 ratings — published 1905 — 31 editions
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“There are some things you learn best in calm, and some in storm.”
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“The heart of another is a dark forest, always, no matter how close it has been to one’s own.”
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“The world is little, people are little, human life is little. There is only one big thing — desire.”
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November 2023 New School Classics Group Read

The Sound of Waves by Yukio Mishima, 1954, 183 pages
 
  68 votes, 30.5%

 
  58 votes, 26.0%

On the Beach by Nevil Shute, 1957, 296 pages
 
  37 votes, 16.6%

The Song of the Lark by Willa Cather, 195, 417 pages
 
  25 votes, 11.2%

 
  18 votes, 8.1%

 
  12 votes, 5.4%

 
  5 votes, 2.2%

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