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My Antonia Paperback - 2009
by Willa Cather
About this book
My Ántonia (first published 1918) is considered one of the greatest novels by American writer Willa Cather. My Ántonia, pronounced with the accent on the first syllable of "Ántonia," is the final book of the "prairie trilogy" of novels by Cather, a list that also includes O Pioneers! and The Song of the Lark. My Ántonia follows an orphaned boy, Jim, and a Bohemian immigrant child, Ántonia, upon their introduction to Nebraska as pioneers. The novel depicts the struggles and successes of the pair throughout their lifetime. The first edition of My Ántonia in 1918 opened with an introduction depicting a conversation on a train that was later cut from the novel in a revised 1926 edition by Houghton Mifflin
First Edition Identification
First edition published by Houghton Mifflin in 1918. The first printing comprised 3500 copies, 2500 of the copies had illustrations by W.T. Benda printed on glossy paper, and 1000 uncoated paper. A second 'first edition' with a cut introduction was published by Houghton Mifflin in 1926.
Details
- Title My Antonia
- Author Willa Cather
- Binding Paperback
- Pages 248
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Wildside Press
- Date 2009-03
- ISBN 9781434451200 / 1434451208
- Weight 0.81 lbs (0.37 kg)
- Dimensions 9 x 6 x 0.56 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 1.42 cm)
- Reading level 990
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
