The Song Of The Lark: 100th Anniversary Edition

by Willa Cather, Melissa Homestead (Introduction)

Overview

100th Anniversary Edition

“Miss Cather, indeed, here steps definitely into the small class of American novelists who are seriously to be reckoned with.”—H. L. Mencken
 
“To reread Cather is to rediscover an arresting chapter in the national past.”—Los Angeles Times

Feisty Thea Kronborg, with her rapturous singing voice, is headed for great things. But her upbringing in a raw, provincial Colorado town has practically stifled her artistic ambitions. Only a few people in Moonstone recognize Thea’s world-class talent. One of them is Ray Kennedy, who, entranced by Thea’s voice, hopes to marry her, but is destined to unchain her. Sustained by determination and a pioneer’s spirit, and inspired by the Native American culture that surrounded her in youth, Thea makes her way in the world. But with loneliness as her constant companion, she comes to realize what sacrifices a true artist must make.…

With an Introduction by Melissa Homestead

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780451530486
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	11/06/2007
Series:	Signet Classics Series
Edition description:	100th Anniversary Edition
Pages:	480
Product dimensions:	4.20(w) x 6.80(h) x 1.20(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

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

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

Table of Contents

Part I.	Friends of Childhood	1
Part II.	The Song of the Lark	105
Part III.	Stupid Faces	161
Part IV.	The Ancient People	189
Part V.	Doctor Archie's Venture	221
Part VI.	Kronborg	245
	Epilogue	309

What People are Saying About This

Vivian Gornick

Cather makes a great romance of the loneliness of the artist's vocation.

Leon Edel

The time will come when she will be ranked above Hemingway.

Editorial Reviews

"To reread Cather is to rediscover an arresting chapter in the national past."
--Los Angeles Times
 

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