![]() This story did seem less dramatic and not as nostalgic as some of the earlier stories we’ve read.Įverett Hilgarde is such a patient man. It would be a fun exercise to compare the first and last version, wouldn’t it? A writer would learn about craft and those studying Cather’s style would get a glimpse into her development. than to “compare it line by line with the original version.” Cather showed the touch of a master who could “smooth away crudeness without rooting out the life.” From Library of America Story of the Week ![]() ![]() “I cannot imagine an exercise which would be of more use to a young writer”. The story went from 10,000 words in 1903 to 9,000 words in 1905 to 7,100 words in 1920.ĭorothy Canfield Fisher, a friend of Cather’s and fellow writer, wrote in a review of Youth and the Bright Medusa that it would be instructive to compare the early and later versions of this story: Cather revised it further for her 1920 collection, Youth and the Bright Medusa. Our final read of the year for the Willa Cather Short Story Project is “A Death in the Desert.” As I mentioned in the reminder post for this story, it was first published in Scribner’s Magazine in January 1903, then revised for Cather’s first short story collection The Troll Garden in 1905. ![]() The Inter-Ocean Hotel, on right with porch, where Everett stays. ![]()
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