The Professor’s House

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The Professor’s House is a 1925 novel by Willa Cather that explores themes of personal disillusionment, changing American values, and the conflict between intellectual life and materialism through the story of an aging professor.

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instanceOf literary work
novel
author Willa Cather NERFINISHED
character Kathleen St. Peter NERFINISHED
Lillian St. Peter NERFINISHED
Louie Marsellus NERFINISHED
Rosamond St. Peter NERFINISHED
Tom Outland NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
criticalReception highly regarded by literary critics
explores impact of wealth on personal relationships
sense of spiritual emptiness
tension between past and present
firstEditionFormat print
genre domestic fiction
literary fiction
psychological novel
hasAdaptation radio adaptation
hasISBN 978-0-679-72226-4
includedIn Willa Cather’s major works
isSetIn fictional town based on a Midwestern college town
isStudiedIn American literature courses
literaryMovement American modernism
mainCharacter Godfrey St. Peter NERFINISHED
narrativePerspective third-person narration
narrativeStructure three-part structure
notableFeature embedded novella "Tom Outland’s Story"
originalLanguage English
partTitle The Family NERFINISHED
The Professor NERFINISHED
Tom Outland’s Story NERFINISHED
protagonistField history
protagonistOccupation university professor
publicationYear 1925
publisher Alfred A. Knopf
relatedWorkByAuthor A Lost Lady NERFINISHED
Death Comes for the Archbishop NERFINISHED
My Ántonia NERFINISHED
settingLocation Midwestern United States NERFINISHED
settingPeriod early 20th century
theme academic life
changing American values
conflict between intellectual life and materialism
family tensions
memory and the past
middle age crisis
personal disillusionment

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