The Song of the Lark
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A searing coming-of-age story of a young singer, set against the backdrop of the 1890s American West.
The Song of the Lark follows Thea Kronborg as she tries to leave her small-town life to pursue her aspirations of becoming a singer. Blessed with a beautiful voice, Thea travels beyond her small Colorado hometown to the major cities of the U.S. and on to Europe, discovering her voice and fulfilling her dreams. But Thea must come to terms with her humble beginnings and forge new relationships, finding herself as she finds her voice.Part of a boldly designed series of classics, with wider margins for notes, this book is perfect for design-lovers and students alike."People live through such pain only once. Pain comes again - but it finds a tougher surface."Buy now!
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- ISBN: 9781804530641
- Author: Willa Cather
- Pub date: 17.09.24
- RRP: $16.99
- Format: Electronic book text
Author
Willa Cather
Born in 1873 to a family who had farmed in Virginia for generations, Willa Cather moved to her father's new ranch in Nebraska when she was eight. The raw frontier territories and the pioneer life of the Old West were to awaken her imagination and furnish the atmosphere for much of her later work. After graduating from the University of Nebraska, Willa Cather became a teacher and a journalist. In 1912 she abandoned journalism to write full time. Her first novel was Alexander's Bridge (1912) though she had already published a volume of poems and another of short stories. Her vivid novels cover a wide range: there are impassioned and thoughtful explorations of the ancient worlds of the Americas in The Professor's House (1925) and Death Comes for the Archbishop (1927) as well as sympathetic portrayals of conflicting values, or of the demands of art. These, along with her evocations of the pioneering West, soon established her reputation as one of America's foremost writers. Willa Cather died in New York in 1947.
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