A Lost Lady

Cather, Willa, 1873-1947

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"A Lost Lady" by Willa Cather is a novel published in 1923. It follows Marian Forrester, a charming socialite in the western railroad town of Sweet Water, as she navigates relationships with various suitors while her aging pioneer husband declines. Through young Niel Herbert's eyes, the story traces Marian's social fall, symbolizing the end of the American frontier and the shift from noble pioneering ideals to an era of capitalist exploitation. This influential work notably inspired F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby." (This is an automatically generated summary.)



Nebraska -- Fiction Psychological fiction Domestic fiction Married women -- Fiction Frontier and pioneer life -- Fiction

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