Alexander's Bridge with The Barrel Organ by Alfred Noyes (THE GREAT CLASSICS LIBRARY)

by Willa Cather

Overview

Alexander's Bridge is the first novel by American author Willa Cather. First published in 1912, it was re-released with an author's preface in 1922. It also ran as a serial in McClure's, giving Cather some free time from her work for that magazine. Bartley Alexander is a construction engineer and world-renowned builder of bridges going through what today would be known as a mid-life crisis. Although married to his wife Winifred, Bartley resumes his acquaintance with a former lover, Hilda Burgoyne, in London. The affair proves to gnaw at Bartley's sense of propriety and honor.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940015698381
Publisher:	Revenant
Publication date:	09/20/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	205 KB

About the Author

Willa Sibert Cather (1873–1947) achieved recognition for her novels of frontier life on the Great Plains, in works such as O Pioneers!, My Ántonia, and The Song of the Lark. In 1923 she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for her novel One of Ours (1922), set during World War I. Born in Virginia, she grew up in Nebraska and graduated from the University of Nebraska. She lived and worked in Pittsburgh for ten years, then at the age of 33 she moved to New York, where she lived for the rest of her life.

Date of Birth:

December 7, 1873

Date of Death:

April 27, 1947

Place of Birth:

Winchester, Virginia

Place of Death:

New York, New York

Education:

B.A., University of Nebraska, 1895