Lost Lady (Verson 2)

Lost Lady (Verson 2)

by Willa Cather

Lost Lady is a tragic novel about the decline and fall of a beautiful and charismatic woman, Marian Forrester. Marian is married to a wealthy railroad pioneer, but she is not happy in her marriage. She longs for a more fulfilling life, and she finds it in the arms of a younger man, Niel Herbert. However, their affair is doomed from the start. Marian is a married woman, and Niel is not considered a suitable match for her. Their relationship is scorned by society, and it eventually leads to Marian's downfall.

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Willa Cather

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Willa Sibert Cather was an American writer known for her novels of life on the Great Plains, including O Pioneers!, The Song of the Lark, and My Ántonia. In 1923 she was awarded the Pulitzer Pr...

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