My Ántonia
Author(s): Willa Cather
Genre(s): Historical Fiction
Narrators: Rachelellen, Katie Gibboney, Ransom, Sharon Bautista, Julie Pandya, Wendy Belcher, Kim S, Stephanie Dupal-Demartin, Chrystal Layton, Nikki Sullivan, Geoff Cowgill
Number of Chapters: 46
Length: 8 hours and 06 minutes
Language: English
My Ántonia tells the stories of several immigrant families who move out to rural Nebraska to start new lives in America, with a particular focus on a Bohemian family, the Shimerdas, whose eldest daughter is named Ántonia. The book’s narrator, Jim Burden, arrives in the fictional town of Black Hawk, Nebraska, on the same train as the Shimerdas, as he goes to live with his grandparents after his parents have died. Jim develops strong feelings for Ántonia, something between a crush and a filial bond, and the reader views Ántonia’s life, including its attendant struggles and triumphs, through that lens. (Summary from Wikipedia)