- Fiction, History, Physicians, Fathers and daughters
Set in 18th century Quebec City, this is ostensibly the narration of a year in the life of a widowed apothecary and his young daughter. A gentle tale, full of the small joys and daily struggles of a colonist's life in a harsh and unforgiving New World.
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Earnest, contemplative, grave and prestige.
- earnestironic
- contemplativerelentless
- gravecomic
- unpretentiousprestige
- character-ledplot-driven
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- Author
- Willa Cather
- First published
- 1931
- Pages
- 245
- Publisher
- alfred a. knopf, University of Nebraska Press, Alfred A. Knopf
- Editions
- 201
- Language
- French, und, English
- ISBN
- 9781096938439
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Willa Siebert Cather was an American author who grew up in Nebraska. She is best known for her depictions of frontier life on the Great Plains in novels such as O Pioneers!, My Ántonia, and The Song of the Lark. Source and more information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willa_Cather
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