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Violence
Some
A double murder late in the novel; the violence of frontier hardship
Language
Barely any
Literary prose of the period; no profanity
Sexual Content
Barely any
An extramarital affair leads to the murder; no explicit content
Substance Use
Barely any
None
Emotional Intensity
Some
The weight of the land itself—how it shapes people and what it demands of them
What this book is about
Alexandra Bergson inherits her father's failing Nebraska farm and transforms it into a prosperous operation through intelligence and determination—while the lives around her are shaped by the land, love, and tragic violence. Willa Cather's second novel is a quiet masterpiece of American literature.
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