Vivienne reviewed A lost lady by Willa Cather
Review of 'A lost lady' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
Traditionally, we read aloud the Christmas section of MY ANTONIA every December. This year, we had no copy of it, but found A LOST LADY in a shop. No winter holiday scenes, but this novella had the same feel and the ingredients I loved from the former. The 19th-century American pioneer experience is again preserved beautifully here. (We broke from reading to study images of oil burning carriage lamps, of all things.) Cather's evocative descriptions of nature are as lovely as her descriptions of human nature. A real pleasure to read.
Lovers of books about books might enjoy chapter seven of part one. It addresses the little library of classics savored by young Niel.