OSHER 919 - Meet Willa and Edith

Willa Cather and Edith Wharton were literary doyennes of the early twentieth century, and their legacy lives on in the works we will read and discuss together. Both authors were awarded Pulitzer Prizes, and Wharton was nominated for the Nobel Prize three times. My Antonia is the heartwarming story of an immigrant girl and an orphan boy who pioneer the Nebraska prairie, forging a friendship that will span a lifetime. Ethan Frome is the heartbreaking story of a New England farmer with a history of thwarted dreams and desires.