The Troll Garden and Selected Stories Author:Willa Cather These classic early stories, many set against the harsh but spectacular American prairie, are rich with autobiographical elements from the Nebraska of Cather's childhood. THE TROLL GARDEN, Cather's first short-story collection (1905), includes seven stories about art, artists, the West, and the literary world of the East Coast; the theme of all ... more »of them is the search for beauty in an imperfect world. The book was very successful, and on its strength she was hired as managing editor of McClure's Magazine, a New York monthly. Stories include "The Sculptor's Funeral" and the much-anthologized masterpiece, "Paul's Case."
Contents: On the Divide; Eric Hermannson's Soul; The Enchanted Bluff; The Bohemian Girl; Flavia and Her Artists; The Sculptor's Funeral; A Death in the Desert; The Garden Lodge; The Marriage of Phaedra; A Wagner Matinee; Paul's Case.« less