A Collection of Stories, Reviews and Essays

by Willa Cather

Overview

This book features a collection of Cather's short stories, including Peter, On the Divide, Eric Hermannson's Soul, The Sentimentality of William Tavener, The Namesake, The Enchanted Bluff, The Joy of Nelly Deane, The Bohemian Girl, Consequences, The Bookkeeper's Wife, Ardessa, and Her Boss. A collection of reviews and essays by Cather are also included. Authors covered by the reviews include Mark Twain, William Dean Howells, Edgar Allan Poe, Walt Whitman, Henry James, Harold Frederic, Kate Chopin, Stephen Crane, and Frank Norris. Cather's essay "On the Art of Fiction" wraps up this fascinating collection by one of America's best authors.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783965379251
Publisher:	Otbebookpublishing
Publication date:	03/06/2020
Series:	Classics To Go
Sold by:	Bookwire
Format:	eBook
Pages:	237
File size:	665 KB

About the Author

Willa Cather, in full Wilella Sibert Cather, (born December 7, 1873, near Winchester, Virginia, U.S.—died April 24, 1947, New York City, New York), American novelist noted for her portrayals of the settlers and frontier life on the American plains. "O Pioneers!"

Willa Cather, in full Wilella Sibert Cather, (born December 7, 1873, near Winchester, Virginia, U.S.—died April 24, 1947, New York City, New York), American novelist noted for her portrayals of the settlers and frontier life on the American plains. “O Pioneers!”

Date of Birth:

December 7, 1873

Date of Death:

April 27, 1947

Place of Birth:

Winchester, Virginia

Place of Death:

New York, New York

Education:

B.A., University of Nebraska, 1895

Table of Contents

About Author:

Part I

Stories

Peter

On the Divide

Eric Hermannson’s Soul

The Sentimentality of William Tavener

The Namesake

The Enchanted Bluff

The Joy of Nelly Deane

The Bohemian Girl

Consequences

The Bookkeeper’s Wife

Ardessa

Her Boss

Part II

Reviews and Essays

Mark Twain

William Dean Howells

Edgar Allan Poe

Walt Whitman

Henry James

Harold Frederic

Kate Chopin

Stephen Crane

Frank Norris

When I Knew Stephen Crane

On the Art of Fiction