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“This book is a mess!” is the thought that popped into my head on completion of the book!
On the other hand, it does have some good lines. Cather writes best when describing a landscape, a place, a natural phenomenon. She aces when describing the American Southwest. She draws a person’s appearance with finesse too.
In this novel, the middle section has the feel of a separate story. In fact, it was the first part written and was a short story. It is entitled “Tom Outland’s Story”. In this part, To ...more
On the other hand, it does have some good lines. Cather writes best when describing a landscape, a place, a natural phenomenon. She aces when describing the American Southwest. She draws a person’s appearance with finesse too.
In this novel, the middle section has the feel of a separate story. In fact, it was the first part written and was a short story. It is entitled “Tom Outland’s Story”. In this part, To ...more
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CONTENTS
BOOK I--THE FAMILY
BOOK II--TOM OUTLAND'S STORY
BOOK III-THE PROFESSOR ...more
I made the proofing of this book for Free Literature and Project Gutenberg will publish it.
CONTENTS
BOOK I--THE FAMILY
BOOK II--TOM OUTLAND'S STORY
BOOK III-THE PROFESSOR ...more
Cather always enchants me. Her descriptions of place are so vivd, accurate and tangible that you see in your mind exactly what it looks like. Google any of the places she writes about and you will find that you had the image accurately fixed in your mind. Her characters are real. And the history is intriguing. This book takes the reader to southern Colorado and New Mexico, into ancient cliff dwellings, and it also takes you back to an old, Victorian home with a man facing all the changes that ol
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This was the first Willa Cather that I have read. I thoroughly enjoyed her writing, her descriptions of Lake Michigan, and the New Mexican mesas. Mostly, I love the way she drew her characters. I came away from this book wanting so much more.
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