O Pioneers!

Willa Cather (1873 - 1947)

O Pioneers! tells the story of the Bergsons, a family of Swedish immigrants in the farm country near Hanover, Nebraska, (a fictional town near Glenvil) around the turn of the 20th century. The main character, Alexandra Bergson, inherits the family farmland when her father dies, and she devotes her life to making the farm a viable enterprise at a time when other immigrant families are giving up and leaving the prairie. The novel also concerns two romantic relationships - one between Alexandra and family friend Carl Lindstrom, and another between Alexandra's brother Emil and the married Marie Shabata. (Summary from Wikipedia)

Genre(s): General Fiction, Published 1900 onward

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 Part 1 (The Wild Land) Chapter 1 rachelellen
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Play 02 Part 1 (The Wild Land) Chapter 2 rachelellen
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Play 03 Part 1 (The Wild Land) Chapter 3 rachelellen
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Play 04 Part 1 (The Wild Land) Chapter 4 rachelellen
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Play 05 Part 1 (The Wild Land) Chapter 5 rachelellen
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Play 06 Part 2 (Neighboring Fields) Chapter 1 rachelellen
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Play 07 Part 2 (Neighboring Fields) Chapter 2 rachelellen
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Play 08 Part 2 (Neighboring Fields) Chapter 3 rachelellen
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Play 09 Part 2 (Neighboring Fields) Chapter 4 rachelellen
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Play 10 Part 2 (Neighboring Fields) Chapter 5 rachelellen
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Play 11 Part 2 (Neighboring Fields) Chapter 6 rachelellen
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Play 12 Part 2 (Neighboring Fields) Chapter 7 rachelellen
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Play 13 Part 2 (Neighboring Fields) Chapter 8 rachelellen
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Play 14 Part 2 (Neighboring Fields) Chapter 9 rachelellen
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Play 15 Part 2 (Neighboring Fields) Chapter 10 rachelellen
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Play 16 Part 2 (Neighboring Fields) Chapter 11 rachelellen
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Play 17 Part 2 (Neighboring Fields) Chapter 12 rachelellen
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Play 18 Part 3 (Winter Memories) Chapter 1 rachelellen
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Play 19 Part 3 (Winter Memories) Chapter 2 rachelellen
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Play 20 Part 4 (The White Mulberry Tree) chapter 1 rachelellen
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Play 21 Part 4 (The White Mulberry Tree), Chapter 2 rachelellen
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Play 22 Part 4 (The White Mulberry Tree), Chapter 3 rachelellen
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Play 23 Part 4 (The White Mulberry Tree), Chapter 4 rachelellen
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Play 24 Part 4 (The White Mulberry Tree), Chapter 5 rachelellen
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Play 25 Part 4 (The White Mulberry Tree), Chapter 6 rachelellen
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Play 26 Part 4 (The White Mulberry Tree), Chapter 7 rachelellen
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Play 27 Part 4 (The White Mulberry Tree), Chapter 8 rachelellen
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Play 28 Part 5 (Alexandra), Chapter 1 rachelellen
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Play 29 Part 5 (Alexandra), Chapter 2 rachelellen
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Play 30 Part 5 (Alexandra), Chapter 3 rachelellen
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