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My Mortal Enemy

By Willa Cather

By Willa Cather

By Willa Cather

By Willa Cather

By Willa Cather
Read by Natasha Soudek

By Willa Cather
Read by Natasha Soudek

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Part of Vintage Classics

Paperback $13.00

Oct 31, 1990 | ISBN 9780679731795

Ebook $10.99

Aug 24, 2011 | ISBN 9780307805249

Audiobook Download $12.50

Oct 18, 2016 | 127 Minutes

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    About My Mortal Enemy

    First published in 1926, this book is Willa Cather’s sparest and most dramatic novel, a dark and prescient portrait of a marriage that subverts our oldest notions about the nature of domestic happiness.

    As a young woman, Myra Henshawe gave up a fortune to marry for love–a boldly romantic gesture that became a legend in her family. But this worldly, sarcastic, and perhaps even wicked woman may have been made for something greater than love. In her portrait of Myra and in her exquisitely nuanced depiction of her marriage, Cather shows the evolution of a human spirit as it comes to bridle against the constraints of ordinary happiness and seek an otherwordly fulfillment. My Mortal Enemy is a work whose drama and intensely moral imagination make it unforgettable.

    About My Mortal Enemy

    First published in 1926, this book is Willa Cather’s sparest and most dramatic novel, a dark and prescient portrait of a marriage that subverts our oldest notions about the nature of domestic happiness.

    As a young woman, Myra Henshawe gave up a fortune to marry for love–a boldly romantic gesture that became a legend in her family. But this worldly, sarcastic, and perhaps even wicked woman may have been made for something greater than love. In her portrait of Myra and in her exquisitely nuanced depiction of her marriage, Cather shows the evolution of a human spirit as it comes to bridle against the constraints of ordinary happiness and seek an otherwordly fulfillment. My Mortal Enemy is a work whose drama and intensely moral imagination make it unforgettable.

    About My Mortal Enemy

    First published in 1926, this book is Willa Cather’s sparest and most dramatic novel, a dark and prescient portrait of a marriage that subverts our oldest notions about the nature of domestic happiness.

    As a young woman, Myra Henshawe gave up a fortune to marry for love–a boldly romantic gesture that became a legend in her family. But this worldly, sarcastic, and perhaps even wicked woman may have been made for something greater than love. In her portrait of Myra and in her exquisitely nuanced depiction of her marriage, Cather shows the evolution of a human spirit as it comes to bridle against the constraints of ordinary happiness and seek an otherwordly fulfillment. My Mortal Enemy is a work whose drama and intensely moral imagination make it unforgettable.

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    About Willa Cather

    WILLA CATHER was born in Virginia in 1873, and was about nine years old when her family moved to Red Cloud, Nebraska. After graduating from the University of Nebraska, she worked for a Lincoln, Nebraska, newspaper, then moved to Pittsburgh and… More about Willa Cather

    About Willa Cather

    WILLA CATHER was born in Virginia in 1873, and was about nine years old when her family moved to Red Cloud, Nebraska. After graduating from the University of Nebraska, she worked for a Lincoln, Nebraska, newspaper, then moved to Pittsburgh and… More about Willa Cather

    About Willa Cather

    WILLA CATHER was born in Virginia in 1873, and was about nine years old when her family moved to Red Cloud, Nebraska. After graduating from the University of Nebraska, she worked for a Lincoln, Nebraska, newspaper, then moved to Pittsburgh and… More about Willa Cather

    Product Details

    Category: Fiction Classics | Literary Fiction

    Paperback | $13.00
    Published by Vintage
    Oct 31, 1990 | 112 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780679731795

    Category: Fiction Classics | Literary Fiction

    Ebook | $10.99
    Published by Vintage
    Aug 24, 2011 | 112 Pages | ISBN 9780307805249

    Category: Literary Fiction | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $12.50
    Published by Random House Audio
    Oct 18, 2016 | 127 Minutes | ISBN 9781524721688
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