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Lucy Gayheart
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Lucy Gayheart Paperback - 1995

by Willa Cather


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Willa Cather was born on December 7, 1873, in Back Creek Valley, Virginia. Her father was a sheep farmer. When she was nine the family moved to Nebraska, eventually settling in the frontier village of Red Cloud. As a child Cather read voraciously, learning Greek and Latin from a neighbor, and displayed an early interest in science. At the University of Nebraska she immersed herself in literary studies and began writing stories and essays; following her graduation in 1895 she worked for some years as a journalist and schoolteacher, living part of the time in Pittsburgh and Washington, D.C.

Willa Cather wurde am 7. Dezember 1873 in Back Creek Valley, Virginia geboren. Ihr Vater war ein Schafzüchter. Als sie neun war, zog ihre Familie nach Nebraska, letztendlich liess sie sich in einem
Grenzdorf Red Cloud nieder. Als Kind lass Cather sehr viel, lernte Griechisch und Latein von ihrem Nachbarn und entfaltete ein frühes wissenschaftliches Interesse. An der Universität von Nebraska begann sie mit dem Literaturstudium und schrieb erste Geschichten und Essays; nach ihrem Abschluss 1895 arbeitete sie für einige Jahre als Journalistin und Schullehrerin, sie lebte teilweise in Pittsburgh und teilweise in Washington, D.C.

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  • Title Lucy Gayheart
  • Author Willa Cather
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition [ Edition: Reiss
  • Pages 208
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Vintage, New York
  • Date 1995-09-26
  • ISBN 9780679728887 / 0679728880
  • Weight 0.47 lbs (0.21 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.06 x 5.14 x 0.55 in (20.47 x 13.06 x 1.40 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: Modern
    • Cultural Region: Midwest
    • Cultural Region: Upper Midwest
    • Geographic Orientation: Illinois
    • Religious Orientation: Christian
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
    • Topical: Coming of Age
  • Library of Congress subjects Man-woman relationships, Women artists
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 89040545
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

Media reviews

"The unity of Miss Cather's design, the clarity and distinction of this book, should put it beside her first great success, My Ántonia." —The Times Literary Supplement (London)

About the author

WILLA CATHER, author of twelve novels, including O Pioneers!, My ntonia, and Death Comes for the Archbishop, was born in Virginia in 1873 but grew up in Nebraska, where many of her novels are set. She died in 1947 in New York City.

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