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O Pioneers!

by

Willa Cather

    O Pioneers! tells the story of the Bergsons, a

family of Swedish immigrants in the farm country

near Hanover, Nebraska, (a fictional town near

Glenvil) around the turn of the 20th century. The

main character, Alexandra Bergson, inherits the

family farmland when her father dies, and she

devotes her life to making the farm a viable

enterprise at a time when other immigrant families

are giving up and leaving the prairie. The novel

also concerns two romantic relationships - one

between Alexandra and family friend Carl Lindstrom,

and another between Alexandra’s brother Emil and the

married Marie Shabata.

      Approx running time: 5 hours & 40 minutes