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My Mortal Enemy
Paperback
Main Details
Title |
My Mortal Enemy
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Willa Cather
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Series | Virago Modern Classics |
Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback | Pages:128 | Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129 |
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Category/Genre | Classic fiction (pre c 1945) |
ISBN/Barcode |
9781844084487
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Classifications | Dewey:FIC |
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Little, Brown Book Group
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Imprint |
Virago Press Ltd
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Publication Date |
26 April 2007 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
People can be lovers and enemies at the same time. We were...' Through the eyes of a young girl, Nellie, we view the life of Myra, a legend in the Southern town where both were born. Myra has romantically abandoned the luxury she was born into to elope with the impoverished Oswald Henshawe. Twenty-five years later, Nellie is dazzled when she meets them living in the elegant poverty of an apartment frequented by singers, actors, poets - in the heart of the artistic community of old New York. But this shabby gentility gives way to real poverty in a jerrybuilt West Coast hotel, and the high purpose of Myra's life - love itself - is revealed to be the enemy within. A finely-wrought study of the great rewards and punishments love brings, MY MORTAL ENEMY is an exquisite example of Willa Cather's art.
Author Biography
Willa Cather (1873-1947) was born in Virginia where for generations her ancestors farmed land. She became a teacher and journalist and is one of the greatest American writers of the twentieth century.
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