{"product_id":"the-song-of-the-lark-paperback","title":"The Song of the Lark - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWilla Cather\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA novelist and short-story writer, Willa Cather is today widely regarded as one of the foremost American authors of the twentieth century. Particularly renowned for the memorable women she created for such works as \u003ci\u003eMy  ntonia\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eO Pioneers \u003c\/i\u003e, she pens the portrait of another formidable character in \u003ci\u003eThe Song of the Lark\u003c\/i\u003e. This, her third novel, traces the struggle of the woman as artist in an era when a women's role was far more rigidly defined than it is today.\u003cbr\u003eThe prototype for the main character as a child and adolescent was Cather herself, while a leading Wagnerian soprano at the Metropolitan Opera (Olive Fremstad) became the model for Thea Kronborg, the singer who defies the limitations placed on women of her time and social station to become an international opera star. A coming-of-age novel, important for the issues of gender and class that it explores, \u003ci\u003eThe Song of the Lark\u003c\/i\u003e is one of Cather's most popular and lyrical works.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePulitzer Prize-winning author Willa Cather (1873-1947) spent her formative years in Nebraska, which was at that time frontier territory. Her exposure to the region's dramatic environment and intrinsic hardships -- along with its diverse population of European-Americans, Native Americans, and immigrants -- shaped and informed much of her fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 313\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.81 x 8.22 x 5.44 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2004\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51756146917664,"sku":"9780486437002","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/dac6282efd30b61eeaafcec43b160783.webp?v=1780075505","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-song-of-the-lark-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}