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O Pioneers!

by Cather Willa Sibert

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O Pioneers! was written in 1913 by American novelist Willa Sibert Cather who tells us the course of life of the Bergsons who immigrated from Sweden to a fictional town Hanover, Nebraska at the beginning of the 20th century. The main hero Alexandra Bergson is a very strong-willed person. She inherits a farm after the death of her father and does everything to support this farm and turn it into a big and serious business while the other members of her family are not very interested in working on the farm. The slowly give up and move to big cities. Besides, the author focuses on the relationship between the main character Alexandra and the family friend Carl Linstrum as well as on the life story of he brother Emil and a married woman. The novel is divided into five parts each describing a special event from the Bergsons life.

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...no guns, " Alexandra called reassuringly. He dropped his arms and went up to the wagon, smiling amiably andlooking at them out of his pale blue eyes. "We want to buy a hammock, if you have one, " Alexandra explained, "and my little brother, here, wants to see your big pond, where somany birds come. "Ivar smiled foolishly, and began rubbing the horses' noses andfeeling about their mouths behind the bits. "Not many birds justnow. A few ducks this morning; and some snipe come to drink. Butthere was a crane last week. She spent one night and came back thenext evening. I don't know why. It is not her season, of course. Many of them go over in the fall. Then the pond is full of strangevoices every night. "Alexandra translated for Carl, who looked thoughtful. "Ask him, Alexandra, if it is true that a sea gull came here once. I haveheard so. "She had some difficulty in making the old man understand. He looked puzzled at first, then smote his hands together as heremembered. "Oh, yes, yes! A big...