The Song of the Lark

Willa Cather

⏱ 7 minAmerican classic

A gifted, strong-willed minister's daughter in a dusty Colorado town transforms herself, through poverty and ruthless dedication, from a raw prairie girl into a triumphant Wagnerian opera singer. Cather's great novel of an artist's making.

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