Willa Cather
Willa Sibert Cather was an American writer known for her novels of life on the Great Plains, including O Pioneers!, The Song of the Lark, and My Ántonia. In 1923, she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for One of Ours, a novel set during World War I.
Books by Willa Cather
6 books available
One of Ours
by Willa Cather
3.9(7,088)
A Nebraska farm boy, stifled by a loveless marriage and a world that offers no outlet for his idealism, finds his purpose and a sense of belonging in the Great War.
My Ántonia
by Willa Cather
3.8(119,909)
Through Jim Burden's nostalgic eyes, witness the strong spirit and struggles of Bohemian immigrant Ántonia Shimerda as she navigates love, loss, and the Nebraska prairie.
The Song of the Lark
by Willa Cather
3.9(8,373)
From a Colorado desert town to the Metropolitan Opera, Thea Kronborg's spirit and voice turn her Western home into an artistic destiny.
The Professor's House
by Willa Cather
3.8(7,463)
A middle-aged professor, adrift in the quiet comforts of his new, too-large house, finds himself haunted by the vivid memory of a brilliant, ill-fated student and the untamed beauty of the American Southwest.
A Lost Lady
by Willa Cather
3.7(5,064)
In the fading light of the American West, a young man watches the captivating, yet ultimately tragic, unraveling of a charismatic woman whose decline mirrors the very frontier she embodies.
My Antonia by Willa Cather
by Willa Cather
3.9(148,725)
Through the eyes of an orphaned boy, My Ántonia paints an unforgettable portrait of a resilient Bohemian immigrant woman whose spirit, like the Nebraska prairie itself, endures and flourishes despite the harsh realities of pioneering life.