{"product_id":"the-song-of-the-lark-9791043138850","title":"The Song of the Lark","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Willa Cather\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Les Prairies Numeriques\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Les Prairies Numeriques\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: History \u0026amp; Surveys - Ancient \u0026amp; Classical\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe\u003c\/strong\u003e Song\u003c\/strong\u003e of the Lark, Willa Cather's third novel, was written in \u003cstrong\u003e1915\u003c\/strong\u003e. It is said to have been inspired by the real-life soprano \u003cstrong\u003eOlive Fremstad\u003c\/strong\u003e, a celebrated Swedish-American singer who, like the protagonist, was active in \u003cstrong\u003eNew York\u003c\/strong\u003e and Europe during the time period depicted in the novel.\u003cstrong\u003eThe\u003c\/strong\u003e work explores how an artist's early life influences their work. In the novel, \u003cstrong\u003eThea Kronborg\u003c\/strong\u003e discovers her talent as a singer, and goes on to achieve great fame and success once she leaves her tiny village of Moonstone. Cather eschewed depicting rural life as being idyllic, instead focusing on the conservative, restricted, patriarchal structures that its inhabitants live by. Her work is thus considered to be one of the earliest so-called \"Revolt Novels.\" She depicts a time at the end of the 19th century when the \u003cstrong\u003eAmerican West\u003c\/strong\u003e was expanding rapidly and Americans were gaining sophistication in their understanding of culture and artists, particularly compared to Europe. \u003cstrong\u003eThe\u003c\/strong\u003e title of the novel comes from the name of a \u003cstrong\u003e1884\u003c\/strong\u003e painting by \u003cstrong\u003eJules Breton\u003c\/strong\u003e, which is described and considered in the book itself.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Les Prairies Numeriques","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47776371769495,"sku":"9791043138850","price":2653.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9791043138850.webp?v=1777995852","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-song-of-the-lark-9791043138850","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}