Aside from a prejudiced portrait of a mulatto pianist, this paean to 19th-century prairie life remains fresh and worthy of one’s time. He refuses to see her or a doctor and is worried about word getting around town. Jim runs back home and in the morning feels disgusted, ashamed, and angry at Ántonia. Cutter beating Jim fiercely about the face. Seen through the admiring eyes of narrator Jim Burden, her story, his, and those of the other main characters are delivered with fine shading by Slade. On the third night, Jim awakes to find Mr. Ántonia is one of American literature’s most striking heroines – strong, independent, spirited, and motherly, she survives and prevails. His storytelling manner gives a sense of reality to this immigrant story about foreign families settling in Nebraska, where their new lives require hard work and they sometimes receive a cool reception. He delivers the voices of Bohemians, Norwegians, and Russian immigrants with subtlety and captures the cadences of young and old. Slade narrates this classic with warmth and wit. Titles by Willa Cather Titles by Willa Cather My Ántonia (unabridged) O Pioneers! (unabridged) Reviews
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