My Ántonia

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My Ántonia is a classic 1918 novel by Willa Cather that portrays pioneer life on the Nebraska prairie through the nostalgic recollections of a boy and his deep bond with the spirited immigrant girl Ántonia.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf literary work
novel
author Willa Cather
character Ambrosch Shimerda
Frances Harling
Jake Marpole
Lena Lingard
Mr. Shimerda
surface form: Marek Shimerda

Mr. Harling
Mr. Shimerda
Mrs. Harling
Mrs. Shimerda
Otto Fuchs
Tiny Soderball
Wick Cutter
Mrs. Shimerda
surface form: Yulka Shimerda
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
depicts Bohemian immigrants in Nebraska
follows The Song of the Lark
genre coming-of-age novel
immigrant literature
pioneer fiction
regionalist fiction
hasAdaptation My Ántonia self-linksurface differs
surface form: My Ántonia (1995 film)

My Ántonia self-linksurface differs
surface form: My Ántonia (stage adaptations)
includedIn Modern Library 100 Best Novels (reader's list)
surface form: Modern Library 100 Best Novels list
literaryMovement Realism
surface form: American realism
literarySignificance considered one of Willa Cather's masterpieces
mainCharacter Jim Burden
Antonia
surface form: Ántonia Shimerda
narrativePerspective first-person
narrator Jim Burden
originalLanguage English
partOfSeries Prairie Trilogy
precededBy O Pioneers!
protagonist Jim Burden
Ántonia Shimerda
publicationYear 1918
publisher Houghton Mifflin
settingLocation Black Hawk, Nebraska (fictional town)
Great Plains
surface form: Nebraska prairie
theme friendship
immigration
memory and nostalgia
pioneer life
relationship between people and landscape
Old West
surface form: the American frontier

the passage of time
timePeriodOfSetting late 19th century
titleCharacter Ántonia Shimerda

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Willa Cather notableWork My Ántonia
Victoria Riskin notableWork My Ántonia
this entity surface form: My Antonia (television adaptation)
My Ántonia hasAdaptation My Ántonia self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: My Ántonia (1995 film)
My Ántonia hasAdaptation My Ántonia self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: My Ántonia (stage adaptations)
The Song of the Lark partOf My Ántonia
this entity surface form: Willa Cather’s Prairie Trilogy
The Song of the Lark followedBy My Ántonia
One of Ours followsInAuthorOeuvre My Ántonia
Wilella notableWork My Ántonia
subject surface form: Wilella Cather
Red Cloud, Nebraska featuredInWork My Ántonia
Red Dirt Girl hasTrack My Ántonia
this entity surface form: My Antonia