At one point in this novel, the central town is given a concert by a blind pianist, Samson d'Arnault.  One character is aided by her sister Yulka in caring for her child.  She had been engaged to Larry Donovan, but he left her just before their wedding.  As a girl, she worked as housekeeper for the Harling family, who were neighbors of the narrator.  While in Lincoln, the narrator has a romantic affair with Lena Lingard, an old acquaintance from Black Hawk.  Years later, the title character marries a fellow Bohemian named Cuzak.  FTP, Jim Burden discusses the Shimerda family in what novel by Willa Cather?          |
At one point in this novel, the central town is given a concert by a blind pianist, Samson d'Arnault.  One character is aided by her sister Yulka in caring for her child.  She had been engaged to Larry Donovan, but he left her just before their wedding.  As a girl, she worked as housekeeper for the Harling family, who were neighbors of the narrator.  While in Lincoln, the narrator has a romantic affair with Lena Lingard, an old acquaintance from Black Hawk.  Years later, the title character marries a fellow Bohemian named Cuzak.  FTP, Jim Burden discusses the Shimerda family in what novel by Willa Cather?          |
At one point in this novel, the central town is given a concert by a blind pianist, Samson d'Arnault.  
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