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Summary: Only Pretty-Good
Review: O Pioneers by Willa Cather is a descent read. It is an interesting story about how a women survives because of her love of the land. I liked the characters pretty well, and I really do enjoy Willa Cather's style of writing. I just do not think that this was her best novel or that it reached its potential. This novel was supposed to be about how the land held Alexandra and how she survived for and with it. Cather seemed to get off of her thesis, though. She tells page after page of the love affair between Marie and Emil and gets of topic. She could have developed Alexandra's relationships more thoroughly. Some technical aspects or the novel become bothersome, also. Some of the dialogue seems false and the verb tense Cather writes in switches at places in the novel. Overall, the novel is worth reading, but it would be better to read her other works like My Antonia and Death Comes for the Archbishop. p.s. I did like that Cather acknowledged Sarah Orne Jewett with the dedication.
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Summary: Wow
Review: I think that Cather could not have crafted a more beautiful book. The writing and the story are so wholey lovely, without pomp or ceremony. An immigrant father bequeaths his land to the care of his daughter on his deathbed, rather than to his sons, because he sees that her love of the land and her family runs deep and that she has the heart and spirit necessary to survive the harsh reality of the plains. So begins one of the greatest love stories of all time. I don't use the term love story loosely; this book contains love in its many intricate, shifting, and enduring forms: the love of the land, the love of a dream, love within families, love of the past, love of tradition, love of new opportunities, love between friends, the love between men and women, and the love of living. This book gets deep under your fingernails, like the very earth that it celebrates. And though, many of the events recounted are sad, it is the kind of sadness that is rich in hope
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Summary: Cather Rocks
Review: There seems to be a lot of reader criticism of Cather as a product of her time...well, she WAS a product of her time! How can you escape that, writer or not? But what is so special about Cather is the vividness of her imagery; the details she captures, both from the landscape and in conversation, are amazing. There are very few authors, alive or dead, with such style, control, and mastery of nuance.
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Summary: O, Pioneers
Review: This wonderful book provides insight into the lives of those living in 1870's Nebraska. Rather than reading a textbook, we find out much about history from the story itself. Alexandra's character showed the strength of women during that period, which historians often have failed to demonstrate. If you want a classic in modern language, try this book.
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Summary: O'Pioneers
Review: I had to read this book for a Women's History class, and I found it to be so much more interesting than reading a text book. There are a lot examples in this book of things that were lectured in class. An example of this is that Cather touches on dowry rights of women during this time. Although this book is a novel, there is still a lot text book examples in it. I liked O'Pioneers, and would recommend it to anyone who is interested in women issues of the past. Also, I'm living in the Mid West, so it's nice to learn about what is was like for the settlers.
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Summary: A Long Summer
Review: Over the summer I had to read this book as part of a school assignment. This book was very long even though it contains only 208 pages. Willa Cather over explains many details in this book. I would reccomend this book to absolutely no one.
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Summary: Nothing that I would read voluntarily
Review: I read this book as a class assignment and I must admit that it was an okay book. There isn't a lot of action going on; it's more of a study on the behavior of the friends and members of a particular Nebraskan family who had to tame the wild land. This one really ought to appeal to women because its one of the only books whose strongest character is the female. To me, it wasn't a great read nor anything really memoriable, but it is still a worthwhile book!
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Summary: Boooorrrrinnng!
Review: This book was extremely boring. If you enjoy reading descriptions of land and people then you would love this book. There is only one high point in the book, and after I read it, i didnt want to finish reading the book. Use your best judgement
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Summary: ignorant reviewers
Review: why do you publish reviews of great literary classics from people who obviously do not ( or cannot) appreciate the form. such reviews are a waste of space. you should set your sights higher...
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Summary: Slow Down
Review: This was the worst book I have ever read. It was erractic with how time passed. The book is two short to protray the characters properly in the great expanse of the characters ages. Also I didn't care about the characters at the ending (I won't say how it ends). To be breif DON'T BUY THIS BOOK.
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