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"She stood there, exactly where he left her, and watched the evening come on, not moving, scarcely breathing. She was thinking how often, when she came downstairs, she would see him standing here by the window, or moving about in the dusky room, looking at last as he ought to look,--like his convictions and the choice he had made. She would never let this house be sold for taxes now. She would save her salary and pay them off. She could never like any other room so well as this. It had always be
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After reading The Song of the Lark for a Lit Crit class i tried reading all the Willa Cather books i could get my hands on. Although both O Pioneers and My Antonia are more famous (and rank higher on my list of favorites) this is the title that won the Pulitzer.
Claude, a young man living in Nebraska is disillusioned by his family's deteriorating values and becomes a soldier in World War I. There are many beautiful passages in this book as Cather is a beautiful writer and it is well worth readin ...more
Claude, a young man living in Nebraska is disillusioned by his family's deteriorating values and becomes a soldier in World War I. There are many beautiful passages in this book as Cather is a beautiful writer and it is well worth readin ...more

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