A Lost Lady
Author | : Willa Cather |
Publisher | : Vintage |
Total Pages | : 177 |
Release | : 2011-08-24 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780307805218 |
ISBN-13 | : 0307805212 |
Rating | : 4/5 (212 Downloads) |
Download or read book A Lost Lady written by Willa Cather and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2011-08-24 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Lost Lady is the portrait of a frontier woman who reflects the conventions of her age even as she defies them. To the people of Sweet Water, a fading railroad town on the Western plains, Mrs. Forrester is the resident aristocrat, at once gracious and comfortably remote. To her aging husband she is a treasure whose value increases as his powers fail. To Niel Herbert, who falls in love with her as a boy and becomes her confidant as a man, Mrs. Forrester is by turns steadfast and faithless, dazzling and pathetic: a woman whose charm is intertwined with a terrifying vulnerability.