| "A Death in the Desert" | |
|---|---|
| Short story by Willa Cather | |
 Text available at Wikisource | |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Short story |
| Publication | |
| Published in | Scribner's Magazine |
| Publication type | Magazine |
| Publication date | January 1903 |
"A Death in the Desert" is a short story by Willa Cather. It was first published in The Scribner's in January 1903. [1]
Everett is on a train from Holdrege, Nebraska to Cheyenne, Wyoming. He is a man that looks like his older prodigy brother Adriance—this similarity haunts him throughout the entire novel and robs him of his own personality. He will always be Adriance's brother.
Moreover, Gussie Davis' song "In the Baggage Coach Ahead" is mentioned - albeit 'in' is elided. [2]
It has been argued that the title of the story was influenced by Willa Cather's reading of Robert Browning. [3]
Allusions to Alexandre Dumas, fils' La dame aux camelias and Lucretius's De rerum natura have also been found. [4]
"Paul's Case" is a short story by Willa Cather. It was first published in McClure's Magazine in 1905 under the title "Paul's Case: A Study in Temperament", which was later shortened. It also appeared in a collection of Cather's stories, The Troll Garden (1905). For many years "Paul's Case" was the only one of her stories that Cather allowed to be anthologized.
"Lou, the Prophet" is a short story by Willa Cather. It was first published in The Hesperian in 1892.
"The Burglar's Christmas" is a short story by Willa Cather. It was first published in Home Monthly in 1896 under the pseudonym of Elizabeth L. Seymour, her cousin's name.
"Jack-a-Boy" is a short story by Willa Cather. It was first published in Saturday Evening Post in March 1901.
"A Wagner Matinee" is a short story by Willa Cather. It was first published in Everybody's Magazine in February 1904. In 1906, it appeared in Cather's first published collection of short stories, The Troll Garden.
"Ardessa" is a short story by Willa Cather. It was first published in Century in May 1918.
"The Enchanted Bluff" is a short story by Willa Cather. It was first published in Harper's in April 1909.
"The Bohemian Girl" is a short story by Willa Cather. It was written when Cather was living in Cherry Valley, New York, with Isabelle McClung whilst Alexander's Bridge was being serialised in McClure's. It was first published in McClure's in August 1912.
"On the Divide" is a short story by Willa Cather. It was first published in Overland Monthly in January 1896.
"A Night at Greenway Court" is a short story by Willa Cather. It was first published in Nebraska Literary Magazine in June 1896. Four years later a revised version was published in the Library.
"The Count of Crow's Nest" is a short story by Willa Cather. It was first published in Home Monthly in October 1896.
"A Resurrection" is a short story by American writer Willa Cather. It was first published in Home Monthly in April 1897.
"Eleanor's House" is a short story by Willa Cather. It was first published in McClure's in October 1907.
"The Affair at Grover Station" is a short story by Willa Cather. It was first published in Library in June 1900 in two installments, and reprinted in the Lincoln Courier one month later. The story is about a geological student asking an old friend of his about the recent murder of a station agent.
"The Namesake" is a short story by Willa Cather. It was first published in McClure's in March 1907.
"Flavia and Her Artists" is a short story by American writer Willa Cather. It was first published in The Troll Garden in 1905.
"The Garden Lodge" is a short story by Willa Cather. It was first published in The Troll Garden in 1905
"The Marriage of Phaedra" is a short story by Willa Cather. It was first published in The Troll Garden in 1905
"The Treasure of Far Island" is a short story by Willa Cather. It was first published in New England Magazine in October 1902.
"The Professor's Commencement" is a short story by Willa Cather. It was first published in New England Magazine in June 1902
 | This article about a short story (or stories) published in the 1900s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |