![]() Jim is the neighbor who will befriend Ántonia, teach her English, and follow the remarkable story of her life. Ántonia “Tony” Shimerda, a bold and free-hearted young girl, is the elder daughter in a family of Bohemian immigrants which arrives on the Nebraska frontier towards the end of the 19th century. James Quayle “Jim” Burden, the narrator and protagonist of the novel, is an orphaned boy from Virginia who grows up on his pioneer grandparents’ farm in Black Hawk, Nebraska, from age 10 and later becomes a successful lawyer in New York City. My Ántonia (Published in 1918 by Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston, MA republished in 2006 by Prestwick House Literary Touchstone Classics, P. No other compensation has been received for the reviews posted on Home School Book Review.Ĭather, Willa. Any books donated to Home School Book Review for review purposes are in turn donated to a library. (5 stars=EXCELLENT 4 stars=GOOD 3 stars=FAIR 2 stars=POOR 1 star=VERY POOR no stars=NOT RECOMMENDED)ĭisclosure: Many publishers, literary agents, and/or authors provide free copies of their books in exchange for an honest review without requiring a positive opinion. Recommended reading level: Older teens and adults ![]() (1=nothing objectionable 2=common euphemisms and/or childish slang terms 3=some cursing and/or profanity 4=a lot of cursing and/or profanity 5=obscenity and/or vulgarity) Publisher: Dover Publications, republished 1994 ![]()
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