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I read this on the Whitcoull's version of the software for PC's. For other kiwis who might be using it-I think it is clunky, and nowhere near as sophisticated as the Kindle for PC. I kept losing my place, the programme didn't seem to know where I was up to, and it didn't have that nice little thingie that the Kindle for PC has that shows you how far through the book you are. So...what this meant was that I read the book through and then realised I had missed out a whole section, and had to go ba
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As I began to read this book, I wondered about the vocabulary and sentence structure because it seemed so foreign to me. I finally decided after some pondering that perhaps the author was trying to reproduce what the heroine was thinking as a Swedish immigrant and struggling with writing her story in English. As the story unfolded her command of the language got much better. Another thing was the importance of the land to all the immigrants in their new land. The land was what lasted and if one
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I picked up this book because it was on the library Kindle and I'd been wanting to read a Willa Cather book as I'd heard great things about her prose. I do like the writing, some find it too efficient and lacking in character development, but I really enjoy how it takes me to Nebraska during the time of early settlement. I think the characters may be somewhat sparse, especially the older brothers, but her descriptions of the land make me really feel I'm observing that time period and developing
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At once both proto-feminist and a clear snapshot of the constraints on women in Cather's time - beautifully written and perfect for a book club discussion.
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I thoroughly enjoyed this. It's been a while since I've read a book like this, written in such a distant way, and at first I thought that I wouldn't be able to relate to the characters but instead I found myself throughly engrossed. Couldn't have enjoyed it more!
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Another read via my iPhone Serial app. My first Willa Cather book. Started out slow, but picked up and, in the end, I really enjoyed it.
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