Willa Cather | |
| Born |
1873
|
|---|---|
| Died |
1947 (aged 74)
|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Modernist Literature, Regionalism |
| Nationality | American |
| Gender | Female |
Willa Cather (1873–1947) was an American novelist known for her evocative novels set in the American frontier. Her works, including “My Ántonia” and “O Pioneers!,” celebrated the land and people of the Midwest, earning her recognition as a prominent American author.
Short Stories written by Willa Cather
A Burglar’s Christmas 1905 - Two very shabby looking young men stood at the corner of Prairie Avenue and Eightieth Street, looking despondently at the… ... Read more
A Wagner Matinee 1903 - I received one morning a letter, written in pale ink on glassy, blue-lined notepaper, and bearing the postmark of a… ... Read more
On the Divide 1896 - Near Rattlesnake Creek, on the side of a little draw stood Canute's shanty. North, east, south, stretched the level Nebraska… ... Read more
On the Gull’s Road 1908 - IT often happens that one or another of my friends stops before a red chalk drawing in my study and… ... Read more
Paul’s Case 1905 - A Study in Temperament It was Paul's afternoon to appear before the faculty of the Pittsburgh High School to account… ... Read more
The Affair at Grover Station 1905 - I heard this story sitting on the rear platform of an accommodation freight that crawled along through the brown, sun-dried… ... Read more
The Bookkeeper’s Wife 1916 - NOBODY but the janitor was stirring about the offices of the Remsen Paper Company, and still Percy Bixby sat at… ... Read more
The Enchanted Bluff 1909 - We had our swim before sundown, and while we were cooking our supper the oblique rays of light made a… ... Read more
The Garden Lodge 1905 - When Caroline Noble's friends learned that Raymond d'Esquerre was to spend a month at her place on the Sound before… ... Read more
The Namesake 1907 - SEVEN of us, students, sat one evening in Hartwell's studio on the Boulevard St. Michel. We were all fellow-countrymen; one… ... Read more
The Profile 1907 - THE subject of discussion at the Impressionists' Club was a picture, Circe's Swine, by a young German painter; a grotesque… ... Read more
Tommy, the Unsentimental 1905 - "Your father says he has no business tact at all, and of course that's dreadfully unfortunate." "Business," replied Tommy, "he's… ... Read more
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