My Mortal Enemy

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"My Mortal Enemy" is a 1926 novel by Willa Cather that explores themes of love, sacrifice, and disillusionment through the story of a woman who abandons wealth and security for a romantic marriage that later unravels.

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instanceOf literary work ⓘ
novel ⓘ
author Willa Cather ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
explores complexity of long-term relationships ⓘ
cost of personal choices ⓘ
tension between romantic ideals and practical realities ⓘ
firstPublishedAs book ⓘ
focusesOn breakdown of a marriage ⓘ
romantic marriage ⓘ
genre modernist literature ⓘ
novella ⓘ
psychological fiction ⓘ
hasCharacter Annie ⓘ
Dr. Ottenburg ⓘ
Ewan Gray ⓘ
Oswald Henshawe ⓘ
hasPageCountApprox less than 150 pages ⓘ
hasTheme Catholicism ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism

aging ⓘ
conflict between love and material security ⓘ
disillusionment ⓘ
female autonomy ⓘ
loss of idealism ⓘ
love ⓘ
marriage ⓘ
regret ⓘ
religion ⓘ
sacrifice ⓘ
includedIn Willa Cather’s later works ⓘ
literaryMovement American modernism ⓘ
mainCharacter Myra Henshawe ⓘ
narrativePerspective first-person ⓘ
narrator Nellie Birdseye ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
protagonistAbandons family wealth ⓘ
financial security ⓘ
publicationDate 1926 ⓘ
publisher Alfred A. Knopf ⓘ
setInPeriod early 20th century ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ
settingLocation New York City ⓘ
Pacific coast city ⓘ
Parthia, Illinois ⓘ
structure two-part narrative ⓘ
titleOrigin phrase from a poem by Elizabeth Barrett Browning ⓘ

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