My Antonia （平裝）

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I FIRST HEARD OF Antonia on what seemed to me an interminable journey across the great midland plainof North America. I was ten years old then; I had lost both my father and mother within a year, and myVirginia relatives were sending me out to my grandparents, who lived in Nebraska. I travelled in the care of amountain boy, Jake Marpole, one of the `hands' on my father's old farm under the Blue Ridge, who was nowgoing West to work for my grandfather. Jake's experience of the world was not much wider than mine. He hadnever been in a railway train until the morning when we set out together to try our fortunes in a new world.We went all the way in day coaches, becoming more sticky and grimy with each stage of the journey. Jakebought everything the newsboys offered him: candy, oranges, brass collar buttons, a watch charm, and for mea `life of Jesse James,' which I remember as one of the most satisfactory books I have ever read. BeyondChicago we were under the protection of a friendly passenger conductor, who knew all about the country to……本書為英文原版書。

INTRODUCTION
CHRONOLOGY OF WILLA CATHER`S LIFE
AND WORK
HISTORICAL CONTEXT OF My Antonia
My Antonia
AUTHOR`S INTRODUCTION
BooK I.THE SHIMERDAS
BOOK H. THE HIRED GIRLS
BOOK III. LENA LINGARD
BOOK IV. THE PIONEER WOMAN`S STORY
BOOK V. CUZAK`S BOYs
NOTES
INTERPRETIVE NOTES
CRITICAL COMMENTARY
QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION
SUGGESTIONS FOR THE INTERESTED READER

My Antonia （平裝）

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