my antonia

     

When Antonia Shimerda is introduced in this novel, she's "a girl of fourteen" with curly, wild-looking hair

Trivia about my antonia

  • The title of this Willa Cather novel refers to a certain Ms. Shimerda
  • Jim Burden reminisces about his Nebraska childhood & a certain Bohemian farm girl in this Cather classic
  • Novel in which Willa Cather wrote, "The Shimerdas were the first Bohemian family" in the area
  • This Willa Cather novel is divided into 5 books, the first being "The Shimerdas"
  • Book one of this Willa Cather novel is entitled "The Shimerdas"
  • This Willa Cather novel about a Bohemian girl was dedicated "in memory of affections old and true"

Found pages about my antonia