Brilliantly intelligent, rich and stylish Myra is a living legend in her hometown.But she sends shockwaves through the community when she rejects her riches and elopes with hard-up Oswald Henshawe.When Nellie, a long-time acquaintance of Myra s, next sees the couple, they are living a glamorously poor Bohemian life in post-Revolution Paris, with singers, actors, poets and artists in and out of their apartment.But, when elegant poverty becomes real poverty in a tumbledown hotel, Myra realises the identity of her Mortal Enemy .This heart-rending study of the blessings and curses of love is perfect for fans of Thomas Hardy s Tess of the d Urbervilles and Middlemarch by George Eliot.Willa Cather (1873-1947) was an American writer best known for her novels of life on the Great Plains of the United States.After a time as a magazine writer and editor, then as an English teacher, Cather began to publish collections of her poetry and short stories.Her first novel, Alexander s Bridge , was published in 1912, followed by her Prairie Trilogy - O Pioneers! , The Song of the Lark and My Antonia .Numerous other novels followed as Cather became one of the US s most celebrated authors.In 1923 she won the Pulitzer Prize for her First World War-based novel, One of Ours .EPUB3: Reflowable
