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Bartley Alexander is a construction engineer and world-renowned builder of bridges undergoing a mid-life crisis. Although married to Winifred, Bartley resumes his acquaintance with a former lover, Hilda Burgoyne, in London. The affair gnaws at Bartley's sense of propriety and... Read Full Overview

Alexander's Bridge, Willa Cather's first novel, is a taut psychological drama about the fragility of human connections.

The characteristic themes of Cather's mature work are already present in her debut novella, an evocation of a tragic love triangle. Bartley Alexander, renowned engineer of bridges, is a man with a past who "looked as a tamer of rivers ought to look." Discovered by his mentor... Read Full Overview

The classic by Willa Cather.

First published in 1912, "Alexander's Bridge" is American author Willa Cather's first novel. The story centers around Bartley Alexander, a famous engineer and bridge builder who is going through a mid-life crisis. Despite having a wife named Winifred, Bartley rekindles an old... Read Full Overview

Willa Cather's debut novel, telling the alluring tale of Bartley Alexander, an engineer famous throughout the world for the construction of bridges. Reaching midlife, Alexander grows tired of his passionless marriage and becomes reacquainted with a former lover in London. Torn... Read Full Overview

Engineer Bartley Alexander appears to have a happy life in Boston with a successful career and a beautiful wife. He has been commissioned to design the Moorlock Bridge in Canada, the most important project of his career. With the onset of middle age, however, he grows increasingly... Read Full Overview

High quality reprint of Alexander's Bridge by Willa Cather.

Alexander's Bridge is a novel written by Willa Cather and published in 1922. The story revolves around Bartley Alexander, a successful engineer who is married to a wealthy and beautiful woman. However, as his career and personal life begin to unravel, Bartley finds himself drawn... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely... Read Full Overview

Late one brilliant April afternoon Professor Lucius Wilson stood at the head of Chestnut Street, looking about him with the pleased air of a man of taste who does not very often get to Boston. He had lived there as a student, but for twenty years and more, since he had been Professor... Read Full Overview

Book Excerpt: ...Oh, I should think that might have been a safe prediction. Another cup, please?""Yes, thank you. But predicting, in the case of boys, is not so easy as you might imagine, Mrs. Alexander. Some get a bad hurt early and lose their courage; and some never get a fair... Read Full Overview

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