The Song Of The Lark

by Willa Cather

Overview

American novelist Willa Cather wrote a book titled The Song of the Lark in 1915. The book tells the story of a talented artist who was born in a small town in Colorado, where she finds and focuses on her singing voice. Her narrative is set against the backdrop of the developing American West, where she was born in a village near a train line, the rapidly expanding city of Chicago around the beginning of the 20th century, and the US audience for singers with her caliber compared to Europe. Her character is so indulging that it makes the reader turn through pages. The Song Of The Lark leaves the reader with an overwhelming sea of emotions. The book is now available in a new eye-catching cover and professionally typeset manuscript which can be read by readers of several age groups.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789357485166
Publisher:	Double 9 Booksllp
Publication date:	01/03/2023
Pages:	372
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.83(d)

About the Author

Willa Sibert Cather was a famous American writer known for her substantial novels. She was born in 1873 in the Back Creek Valley near Winchester, Virginia. Her father's name was Charles Fectigue Cather and belonged from Wales. Her mother's name was Mary Virginia Boak, and she was a former school teacher. When Cather was twelve months old, her parents moved to Willow Shade, a Greek Revival-style home given to them by her paternal grandparents. Willa Cather has six siblings namely Roscoe, Douglass, Jessica, James, John, and Elsie. She was close to her brothers compared to her sisters. She graduated from Red Cloud High School in 1890. To enroll at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, she later moved to Lincoln. In 1896, she moved to Pittsburgh where she worked as a writer in a women's magazine, Home Monthly. A year later, she became a telegraph editor and critic for the Pittsburgh Leader and frequently contributed poetry and short fiction to The Library. She also started teaching Latin, algebra, and English in Pittsburgh for a year. During World War I in 1923, she got a Pulitzer Prize for the novel One of Ours.

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

Part I.	Friends of Childhood	1
Part II.	The Song of the Lark	105
Part III.	Stupid Faces	161
Part IV.	The Ancient People	189
Part V.	Doctor Archie's Venture	221
Part VI.	Kronborg	245
	Epilogue	309

What People are Saying About This

Vivian Gornick

Cather makes a great romance of the loneliness of the artist's vocation.

Leon Edel

The time will come when she will be ranked above Hemingway.