Song of the Lark

Description

The Song of the Lark is the third novel by American author Willa Cather, written in 1915. The title comes from a painting of the same name by Jules Adolphe Aimé Louis Breton (featured on the cover of this edition). Set in the 1890s in Moonstone, a fictional town in Colorado, the book is the self-portrait of an artist in the making. The ambitious young heroine, Thea Kronborg leaves her hometown to go to Chicago to fulfill her dream of becoming a well-trained pianist. However, when the instructor hears her voice, he realizes that this is her true artistic gift, and encourages her to pursue her vocal training instead.

This book has 411 pages in the PDF version, and was originally published in 1915.

Production notes: This ebook of Song of the Lark was published by Global Grey in 2018.