On the Gull’s Road
On the Gull’s Road (1908) is a touching memoir of Alexandra Deppling’s unrequited love on a…
On the Divide
Willa Cather’s story was first published in Overland Monthly in 1896. “Most men bring with them to…
A Wagner Matinee
A Wagner Matinee was first published in Scribner’s Magazine in 1903, before publication in Cather’s collection, The Troll Garden in…
A Burglar’s Christmas
“Excuse me, but I think you dropped something.” She started, “O, yes, thank you, I…
CAPTAIN VENENO’S PROPOSAL OF MARRIAGE
“Great heavens! What a woman!” cried the captain, and stamped with fury. “Not without reason…
THE LOVE OF CLOTILDE
In the dressing-room of Clotilde, leading actress of one of the most important theaters in…
MARIQUITA THE BALD
It is as sorry a matter to use words of whose meaning one is ignorant…
AN ANDALUSIAN DUEL
Through the little square of St. Anna, towards a certain tavern, where the best wine…
FIRST LOVE
How old was I then? Eleven or twelve years? More probably thirteen, for before then…
THE OUTRAGE
A TRUE STORY It was five o’clock on a July afternoon. The heat was terrible.…