A Lost Lady

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A Lost Lady is a 1923 novel by Willa Cather that explores the decline of the American frontier aristocracy through the enigmatic figure of Marian Forrester.

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instanceOf novel ⓘ
adaptedTo film ⓘ
author Willa Cather ⓘ
centralFigureDescribedAs enigmatic woman of charm and contradictions ⓘ
copyrightStatus public domain in the United States ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
criticalReception widely praised by contemporary critics ⓘ
explores conflict between old railroad elite and new business class ⓘ
firstPublicationForm book ⓘ
followedBy The Professor’s House ⓘ
genre Western novel ⓘ
modernist literature ⓘ
novel ⓘ
hasAdaptation A Lost Lady (1924 film) ⓘ
linked to: A Lost Lady

A Lost Lady (1934 film) ⓘ
linked to: A Lost Lady
hasCharacter Frank Ellinger ⓘ
Ivy Peters ⓘ
Judge Pommeroy ⓘ
hasISBN 9780679728870 ⓘ
hasPageCount about 160 pages ⓘ
includedIn American literature curricula ⓘ
literaryMovement Modernism ⓘ
literarySignificance key work in Cather’s middle period ⓘ
mainCharacter Captain Daniel Forrester ⓘ
Marian Forrester ⓘ
Niel Herbert ⓘ
medium print ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person limited ⓘ
narratorCharacter Niel Herbert ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOf Willa Cather’s prairie novels ⓘ
placeOfPublication New York City ⓘ
precededBy One of Ours ⓘ
publicationDate 1923 ⓘ
publisher Alfred A. Knopf ⓘ
setInPeriod early 20th century ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ
setting American Great Plains ⓘ
linked to: Great Plains

Sweet Water, Nebraska ⓘ
subject railroad expansion in the American West ⓘ
social stratification in small-town America ⓘ
symbolizes passing of the frontier ideal ⓘ
theme changing social values ⓘ
decline of the American frontier aristocracy ⓘ
gender roles and female autonomy ⓘ
idealization and disillusionment ⓘ
transition from frontier to modern capitalism ⓘ

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Wilella Cather → notableWork → A Lost Lady ⓘ
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Niel Herbert → appearsIn → A Lost Lady ⓘ
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