My Ántonia

Willa Cather

⏱ 8 minAmerican classic

Through the remembering eyes of an orphaned boy sent west, the warm, vital daughter of poor Bohemian immigrants grows from a laughing prairie girl through hardship and betrayal into the magnificent life-giving mother of a thriving farm family. Cather's luminous masterpiece of the immigrant prairie.

Listen to the whole of My Ántonia in about 8 minutes — professionally narrated, with Apple-Music-style synced subtitles. One book free every day; Folio Premium unlocks the entire library.