“A Wagner’s Matinee”
By
Willa Cather
Willa Cather
• From nebraska
• stories based upon the hard
lives of immigrant families
around her…true heroes.
• Journalist and fiction writer
• Loved music
“A Wagner’s Matinee”
p. 540
• Theme: dreams and sacrifice…
Sometimes circumstances in life
force people to give up things they
truly love and enjoy.
• Characters: Aunt Georgiana,
Uncle Howard, nephew (narr.)
• Setting: rural Nebraska and
Boston… - conflict.
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Why did Aunt Georgiana leave the city?
Was it worth it?
What does her nephew try to do for her?
Why does she cry?