Willa Cather

My Ántonia


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My Ántonia tells the stories of several immigrant families who move out to rural Nebraska to start new lives in America, with a parti…

O Pioneers!


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O Pioneers! tells the story of the Bergsons, a family of Swedish immigrants in the farm country near Hanover, Nebraska, (a fictional town ne…

Short Ghost and Horror Collection 006


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A collection of fifteen stories featuring ghoulies, ghosties, long-leggedy beasties and things that go bump in the night. Expect shivers up…

One of Ours


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This 1923 Pulitzer Prize winning novel was written by Willa Cather. This work had been inspired by reading her cousin G.P. Cather's wartime …

The Song of the Lark


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Set in the 1890s in Moonstone, a fictional place supposedly located in Colorado, The Song of the Lark is the self-portrait of an artist in t…

O Pioneers! (version 2)


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O Pioneers! tells the story of the Bergsons, a family of Swedish immigrants in the farm country near the fictional town of Hanover, Nebraska…

Short Story Collection Vol. 053


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A collection of 20 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a group of LibriVox members, including short stories by Melville, Bla…

Short Story Collection Vol. 010


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LibriVox’s Short Story Collection 010: a collection of 10 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a variety of LibriVox members.

Short Story Collection Vol. 058


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LibriVox’s Short Story Collection 058: a collection of 20 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a group of LibriVox members.

Short Story Collection Vol. 051


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LibriVox’s Short Story Collection 051: a collection of 20 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a group of LibriVox members.

Short Story Collection Vol. 026


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LibriVox’s Short Story Collection 026: a collection of 10 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a group of LibriVox members.

Short Story Collection Vol. 062


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LibriVox readers bring you 20 short works of fiction in the public domain. This collection includes stories by a variety of authors, includi…

A Collection Of Stories, Reviews And Essays


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Stories and essays by Willa Cather - Summary by david wales

Youth and the Bright Medusa, and The Troll Garden


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Youth And The Bright Medusa comprises eight short stories published in 1920. Four of them (The Sculptor’s Funeral; A Death In The Desert; A …

Short Story Collection Vol. 071


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Romance and mystery abound in this, the seventy-first collection of short stories selected and read by Librivox volunteers.

American Women's Literature, 1847 to 1922


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This is a collection of 20 short stories and long-form poetry by American women writers. (Summary by BellonaTimes)

Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 010


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A collection of fifteen short nonfiction works in the public domain. The essays, speeches, news items and reports included in this collectio…

Love Stories Volume 3


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Here are 20 more love stories under an hour each, covering all kinds of experiences involving romantic or other kinds of love resulting in h…

A Lost Lady


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The young Niel Herbert idolizes Marian Forrester, the beautiful and charismatic wife of a pioneering railroad magnate. After discovering Mrs…

Alexander's Bridge


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Bartley Alexander is a construction engineer and world-renowned builder of bridges going through what's known today (but not in 1912) as a m…

Short Story Collection Vol. 049


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LibriVox’s Short Story Collection 049: a collection of 20 short works of fiction in the public domain read by a group of LibriVox members.'H…

Death Comes for the Archbishop


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Willa Cather's "Death Comes for the Archbishop" is a historical novel set in New Mexico in the mid-19th century. The book follows …

Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 031


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Fifteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. Topics include the Faust Legend, Stephen Crane, Su…

Alexander's Bridge (version 2)


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Bartley Alexander is a construction engineer and world-renowned builder of bridges going through what's known today (but not in 1912) as a m…

A Lost Lady (Verson 2)


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Charismatic Marian Forrester, the wife of a railroad pioneer, captures the heart of every person she meets. Niel Herbert is no exception. He…

The Professor's House


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A portrait of Americas many social groups with the chief interest centered on a university professor and his family - Summary by Publishers …

Out of the Closet: A Collection of Early LGBTQ+ Fiction


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This is a collection of 22 LGBTQ+ stories published between 1841-1923, covering a wide span of authors, genres, and literary traditions. Som…

Poetry Miscellany 01


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As we get older, many of us return to youthful memories of poems once significant to us. Outside their association with our youth, we may wo…

My Mortal Enemy


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In the small Midwestern town of Parthia, Myra Henshawe was a legend. The grandniece and ward of Parthia’s richest resident, Myra had shocked…

British & American Periodical Articles 1852-1905


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A dozen assorted articles from British and American periodicals, including The Atlantic Monthly, Punch, The Chicago Record-Herald, Chambers'…

Alexander's Bridge (version 3)


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Alexander's Bridge is the first novel by Willa Cather, published under the name Willa Sibert Cather. Heavily influenced by the works of Henr…

Short Ghost and Horror Collection 069


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A collection of twenty stories featuring ghoulies, ghosties, four-legged beasts and things that go bump in the night. Expect shivers up your…

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 087


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"Certitude is not the test of certainty." This pithy phrase is from Jurist Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr's essay on Natural Law, one of…

Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 086


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"The democracy of the future will sicken of a chronic and mortal boredom," was Aldous Huxley's prophecy for the United States in 1…

Short Poetry Collection 187


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This is a collection of 32 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers for December 2018.

April Twilights and Other Poems


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A selection of thirty-six poems by American writer Willa Cather. (summary by mleigh)