The Professor's House (Hardcover)

from bookishtexpat

This was such a lovely book. Each time I picked it up I felt like I was transported to the St. Peter's or with Tom, and I loved all of it. I have to say I'm not a huge fan of how Cather portrays all the women in this novel - except for Augusta who is fabulous - but overall it was such a delightfu...

from lauralkeet

Godfrey St. Peter is a successful, published history professor. He is financially secure, with a loving wife and two married daughters. And yet, having built a new home for his family, he finds himself unable to leave the house where he has spent most of his adult life. His study, in particular, ...

from arubabookwoman

The simplest description I can give of this book is that it is about one man's mid-life crisis. Certainly in the 60's, 70's, 80's and beyond, I read a lot of books that fit this description, and frankly I got a bit tired of the sometimes whininess of these characters. But this is Willa Cather, an...

from msaucier818

A pleasant surprise that I really enjoyed reading this short novel. I had never read a Willa Cather novel before, but she was recommended by David McCullough so I thought I would give it a shot. I loved the writing style, and found myself quickly turning pages and thinking of the book when I had ...

from jnwelch

The Professor's House by Willa Cather is really two stories: that of midwestern university Professor Godfrey St. Peter and his family, and that of Tom Outland, a successful inventor who grew up in New Mexico, became a student and friend of St. Peter, and died in WWI. As to the first story, set in...