Here is a link where they discuss all the Reader's Digest "World's Best Reading" series. Link to Discussion at "LibraryThing.com" Even though they are published by Reader's Digest, these books are NOT condensed or abridged in any way, but they are beautiful hardcover editions of the FULL texts.
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From www.Wikipedia.com: "... My Ántonia (first published 1918) is considered the greatest novel by American writer Willa Cather. My Ántonia ... is the final book of the "prairie trilogy" of novels by Cather, a list that also includes O Pioneers! and The Song of the Lark. My Ántonia tells the stories of several immigrant families who move out to rural Nebraska to start new lives in America, with a particular focus on a Bohemian family, the Shimerdas, whose eldest daughter is named Ántonia. The book's narrator, Jim Burden, arrives in the fictional town of Black Hawk, Nebraska, on the same train as the Shimerdas, as he goes to live with his grandparents after his parents have died. Jim develops strong feelings for Ántonia, something between a crush and a filial bond, and the reader views Ántonia's life, including its attendant struggles and triumphs, through that lens ...
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I so totally love this book that I snatch up any edition WHENEVER I see it and then share it through BookCrossing. This one was so beautiful, though, that I saved it for a special occassion. Purchased at the new Salvation Army Family Thrift Store's Grand Opening (Link to Article) especially to register for BookCrossing! There wasn't a large selection, but I picked up some books that were at least in good condition! (This one was BRAND NEW!)

RELEASE NOTES: Sent today via media mail to fellow BookCrosser "Guinaveve" who posted In Search Of this book. Well, here you go! Now you've found it! Happy Traveling, My Antonia! Happy Reading, Guinaveve!

Thank you so much for granting my wish! I look forward to reading it. I can now mark this off of my wish list.
This is a beautiful copy.

Wow! I didn't realize this book had been on my shelf for over a year! I am glad I finally took it down to read. It was great. Thanks for sharing. I will pass it on to another reader soon.

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From your wish list...I am sending this as a prize for my 2009 Keep Them Moving Challenge!

What a huge surprise! I certainly wasn't expecting a book as the prize. Thank you so much!

This is a lovely book, beautifully written. It was interesting to be able to contrast the pioneering life as experienced by immigrants and non-immigrants. I especially enjoyed the diversity of characters.

Thanks again for sharing this book!

Offering in bookstogive's General Literature VBB. Note that this is a hardcover edition.

Laughing a little bit about how BookCrossing sometimes works ... I registered this book five years ago, and it seems as if it might come back this way in a VBB that I've joined!

Sent by surface mail to alexiapapa as a RABCK.

Thank you so much for sending it over!:)