By Willa Sibert Cather. MY ÁNTONIA. Illustrated. THE SONG OF THE LARK. O PIONEERS! With colored frontispiece. ALEXANDER'S BRIDGE. HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY Boston and New York MY ÁNTONIA MY ÁNTONIA BY WILLA SIBERT CATHER Optima dies prima fugit —Virgil. My Ántonia is a novel by Willa Cather that was first published in Summary Read our full plot summary and analysis of My Ántonia, scene by scene break-downs, and more. My Antonia Summary. In the late s, recently orphaned Jim Burden leaves his home in Virginia to live with his grandparents in rural Nebraska. On the same train is year-old Ántonia Shimerda, an immigrant from Bohemia, whose family is buying the land next to the Burdens. Ten-year-old Jim feels immediately at home on the prairie.
My Ántonia is told from the point of view of Willa Cather's fictional friend, Jim Burden. He writes in the first person, and his use of the pronoun "I" makes you feel his personal involvement. The point of view is immediate and subjective. Looking back on his memories, he knows what is eventually going to happen to the characters. My Antonia Summary. In the late s, recently orphaned Jim Burden leaves his home in Virginia to live with his grandparents in rural Nebraska. On the same train is year-old Ántonia Shimerda, an immigrant from Bohemia, whose family is buying the land next to the Burdens. Ten-year-old Jim feels immediately at home on the prairie. In this context, note the inscription by Virgil that Cather uses as a preface: "Optima dies prima fugit," meaning, "The best days flee first." The emphasis from the beginning is on loss, especially the brevity of beauty and childhood.
and My Ántonia contrasts with the more complicated textual challenges of A Lost Lady and Death Comes for the Archbishop; the allusive personal history of the Nebraska novels, so densely woven that My Ántonia seems drawn not merely upon Anna Pavelka but all of Webster County, contrasts with the more public allusions of novels set elsewhere. The Cather Edition reflects the individuality of each work while providing a standard of reference for critical study. My Antonia by Willa Cather. My Antonia () is the third book in Cather's Prairie Trilogy, which began with O Pioneers! (), and was followed by The Song of the Lark (). My Antonia tells the story of several immigrant families who move to rural Nebraska. Antonia is the eldest daughter of the Shimerdas and is a bold and carefree young woman who becomes the center of narrator Jim Burden's attention. My Antonia Summary. In the late s, recently orphaned Jim Burden leaves his home in Virginia to live with his grandparents in rural Nebraska. On the same train is year-old Ántonia Shimerda, an immigrant from Bohemia, whose family is buying the land next to the Burdens. Ten-year-old Jim feels immediately at home on the prairie.
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