The Song of the Lark

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Signet Classic, 1991 - Fiction - 404 pages
Perhaps Willa Cather's most autobiographical work, The Song of the Lark charts the story of a young woman's awakening as an artist against the backdrop of the western landscape. Thea Kronborg, an aspiring singer, struggles to escape from the confines her small Colorado town to the world of possibility in the Metropolitan Opera House. In classic Cather style, The Song of the Lark is the beautiful, unforgettable story of American determination and its inextricable connection to the land. "The time will come when she'll be ranked above Hemingway." -- Leon Edel

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About the author (1991)

Born in Virginia in 1873 and raised on a Nebraska ranch, Willa Cather is known for her beautifully evocative short stories and novels about the American West. Cather became the managing editor for McClure's Magazine in 1906 and lived for forty years in New York City with her companion Edith Lewis. In 1922 Cather won the Pulitzer Prize for One of Ours, the story of a Western boy in World War I. In 1933 she was awarded the Prix Femina Americaine "for distinguished literary accomplishments." She died in 1947. Photo: AKG London

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TitleThe Song of the Lark
Volume 2533 of Signet Classics
AuthorWilla Cather
PublisherSignet Classic, 1991
ISBN0451525337, 9780451525338
Length404 pages
Subjects › 

Fiction / City Life
Fiction / Classics
Fiction / Coming of Age
Fiction / Literary
Fiction / Women
  
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