A Lost Lady, Paperback/Willa Cather

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Willa Cather was an early 20th century author best known for her novels, O Pioneers, My Antonia, and Death Comes for the Archbishop. In 1906 Cather became the managing editor of Mc Clure's magazine. As a muckraker journalist Cather co-authored a scathing biography about the head of the Christian Science church, Mary Baker Eddy. A Lost Lady is written in the third person. Niel Herbert is a young man who grows up in Sweet Water and witnesses the decline of Mrs. Forrester for whom he feels very deeply. Cather portrays the moral disintegration of a lovable woman as seen through the eyes of a boy. The West is also depicted in its decline from the idealized age of noble pioneers to the age of capitalist exploitation.

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Willa Cather

scriitoare americană (1873–1947)

Willa Cather a fost o scriitoare americană. Willa s-a mutat la o vârstă fragedă în Nebraska, la țară. A dorit să devină doctor, dar a abandonat medicina pentru studiul limbilor clasice și a început să scrie. Visul său a fost să devină un scriitor american care să scrie despre omul simplu, care plantează porumb și taie lemne.