Song of the Lark, The by Willa Sibert Cather (1873 - 1947)

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Set in the 1890s in Moonstone, a fictional place supposedly located in Colorado, The Song of the Lark is the self-portrait of an artist in the making. The story revolves around an ambitious young heroine, Thea Kronborg, who leaves her hometown to go to the big city to fulfill her dream of becoming a famous opera star.

The novel captures Thea's independent-mindedness, her strong work ethic, and her ascent to her highest achievement. At each step along the way, her realization of the mediocrity of her peers propels her to greater levels of accomplishment, but in the course of her ascent she must discard those relationships which no longer serve her. (Summary by Wikipedia)

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  • cantnavigate
    Great novel, some mispronunciations in the reading
    It’s a great novel and many of the chapters were read very well. Others, however, included mispronunciations of some musical terms or were read by non-native English speakers whose speech sometimes had a distracting accent. In a perfect world, this podcast would have included musical excerpts of the works mentioned in the novel.
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