A Lost Lady by Willa Cather
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"A Lost Lady" by Willa Cather is a novel published in 1923. It follows Marian Forrester, a charming socialite in the western railroad town of Sweet Water, as she navigates relationships with various suitors while her aging pioneer husband declines. Through young Niel Herbert's eyes, the story traces Marian's social fall, symbolizing the end of the American frontier and the shift from noble pioneering ideals to an era of capitalist exploitation. This
influential work notably inspired F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby." (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Cather, Willa, 1873-1947 |
|---|---|
| Title | A Lost Lady |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Lost_Lady |
| Credits | Laura Natal Rodrigues at Free Literature (Images generously made available by Hathi Trust Digital Library.) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 82.4 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | Nebraska -- Fiction |
| Subject | Psychological fiction |
| Subject | Domestic fiction |
| Subject | Married women -- Fiction |
| Subject | Frontier and pioneer life -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 65636 |
| Release Date | Jun 18, 2021 |
| Last Update | Oct 18, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 456 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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