Discuss classic ebooks with other readers. Click event title for Zoom links. Contact Lissa at classicsmodern@tscpl.org for help with the Zoom link, Facebook group or questions.
My Antonia by Willa Cather was published in 1918 and is the third book in the author's "Great Plains Trilogy" or "Prairie Trilogy" although the books can be read independently. Orphaned at the age of 10, Jim Burden moves to Nebraska to live with his grandparents. There he meets Ántonia Shimerda, the daughter of an immigrant family from Bohemia, who have come to carve out a life for themselves in the harsh and bountiful Nebraskan landscape. At the urging of her father, Jim teaches Ántonia English and together they share adventures that will bind them throughout their lives, despite the vicissitudes of time and fate, and years of separation.
Read on Hoopla or Project Gutenberg, listen on Hoopla (about 8.5 hours).
Check out the book in several other formats from the library.
Tuesday December 6, 2022 7-8 pm Zoom Link: https://tscpl.zoom.us/j/94843451681?pwd=cVRBV09RT01wTWRxUDRRMGFCWVJ6Zz09
Wednesday December 7, 2022 2-3 pm Zoom Link: https://tscpl.zoom.us/j/98302590636?pwd=cm9HaE42bGxHOEsvWmtMdkhxc1RWUT09
Interact with other readers by posting and commenting on the Classics Made Modern Facebook group.
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AGE GROUP: | Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | Virtual | Books/Authors/Writing |
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