02043cam a2200325 4500 1261924143 TxAuBib 860501s1987||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 86010704 //r88 9780940450394 alk. paper 0940450399 alk. paper (OCoLC)5899 DLC DLC TxAuBib Cather, Willa, 1873-1947. Works Selections 1987. Early novels and stories / Willa Cather. Troll garden. O pioneers. Song of the lark. My Antonia. One of ours. O pioneers. New York, N.Y. : Literary Classics of the U.S., 1987. 1336 p. ; 21 cm. Library of America ; 35 The troll garden -- O pioneers! -- The song of the lark -- My Antonia -- One of ours. The first of three volumes presenting the writings of Willa Cather includes her early book of stories and first four novels. The troll garden: Cather's first short story collection, originally published in 1905, depicts characters who seek the realm of beauty and imagination, but are confronted by the vulgarity and brutality of American society. O pioneers!: In Nebraska at the end of the nineteenth century, Swedish immigrant Alexandra Bergson leads her family to success, but not without personal sacrifice. The song of the lark: Follows the life of Thea Kronberg from her childhood in 19th-century Colorado to her career as a renowned opera singer. My Antonia: The reminiscences of a New York lawyer, Jim Burden, about his boyhood in Nebraska, particularly a young Bohemian girl named Antonia Shimerda, are set against the backdrop of the American assimilation of the immigrant. One of ours: The son of a prosperous Nebraska farmer yearns to leave his prairie home. United States Social life and customs Fiction. Library of America ; 35.