# A Lost Lady

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- Book: [A Lost Lady](https://www.bookquiver.com/willa-cather/a-lost-lady) ([A Lost Lady.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/willa-cather/a-lost-lady.md))
- Authors: [Willa Cather](https://www.bookquiver.com/willa-cather)
- Publisher: virago
- ISBN: 978-18-4408-373-2
- Pages: 1
- Published: 2006-09-07
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

'She is undoubtedly one of the twentieth century's greatest American writers' OBSERVER 'Her finest novel . . . A masterpiece' IRISH TIMES 'The vivacious Marian Forrester stands as a romantic paean to the pioneer's reckless abandon, counterpointed by the narrator's prim decency' THE TIMES Marian Forrester brings delight to her husband, an elderly railroad pioneer; to the small town of Sweet Water where they live; and to Niel Herbert, the young narrator of her story who falls in love with her as a boy and later becomes her confidant. He witnesses this vibrant woman in all her contradictory facets: by turns faithless and steadfast, dazzling and pathetic, invincibly charming yet dangerously vulnerable to the men she charms. All are bewitched by her charisma and grace - and all are ultimately betrayed. Willa Cather's most perfect novel is not only a portrait of a troubling beauty, but also a haunting evocation of a noble age slipping irrevocably into the past.