#146 in Historical fiction
O Pioneers!
- 130
- Pages
- about 2.5 h
- Reading time
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Our view
Alexandra, the capable farmer at its centre, anchors “O Pioneers!”, Cather’s clear-eyed novel of immigrants on the Nebraska plains. The prose brings the prairie vividly to life. Despite the homesteading setting, the book is chiefly about people and what passes between them, and its later chapters turn toward romance and desire. Sombre yet hopeful in mood, it leaves some readers unconvinced by its ending.
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About the book
O Pioneers! is a 1913 novel by American author Willa Cather, written while she was living in New York. It was her second published novel. The title is a reference to a poem by Walt Whitman entitled "Pioneers! O Pioneers!" from Leaves of Grass (1855).
Reading order · Great Plains Trilogy
Full order & progress →- O Pioneers!This book
7.87.8 / 10 - The Song of the LarkThe Song of the Lark–Not ranked yet
- My Ántonia
7.67.6 / 10
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.5 across 99 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 40% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Historical fiction average of 8.0. That is how 7.8 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.7 | 12 | 12% |
| Hardcover | 7.5 | 87 | 88% |
Frequently asked
How long is O Pioneers!?
It has 130 pages — shorter than 99% of the ranked books in Historical fiction.
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