My Ántonia (THE GREAT CLASSICS LIBRARY)

Cather based one of her most famous novels on the true story of a Bohemian woman she had known since childhood in their small Nebraska town of Red Cloud. Ántonia's story is in one sense that of an early pioneer, a child of immigrants making her way through American small town life as best she can, stumbling along the way, but always with great energy and determination. But it may also be viewed as a very modern story of a woman whose strong nature sometimes leads her astray into risky and difficult situations yet ultimately brings her a quiet, enduring triumph.