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My Antonia

By Willa Cather
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Willa Cather’s My Antonia, 1918

Setting: Nebraska prairie late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries

Form: Novel

Structure: 
Introduction: A frame narrator 
Book I: The Shimerdas 
Book II: The Hired Girls 
Book III: Lena Lingard 
Book IV: The Pioneer Woman’s Story 
Book V: Cuzak’s Boys


The novel has a linear chronology that begins when Jim is orphaned at age ten and moves from Virginia to Nebraska to live with his grandparents; the novel ends with his visit as an adult to his friend Antonia who by then has a large family.  Each of the five sections, or “Books,” contains untitled chapters depicting formative episodes from Jim’s life that live in his memory.

Narrative Point of View: An unnamed frame narrator sets up the context for the story and introduces the principal narrator, Jim Burden, then disappears.   The sections that follow the introduction are from a manuscript Jim writes about his childhood and about his friend Antonia and has given to the frame narrator.

Main Characters: List and jot down the essential traits of characters so that you can keep track of who is who in class discussions and  when you study for tests.


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