That day on the train, they talk about a Bohemian girl that they both knew named Ántonia. A quiet man, Jim loves the American West that he grew up in and is able to pursue his passion through his work with the railroad. It is hot and dusty on the train, and it reminds them of the weather growing up on the frontier.Īccording to the speaker, Jim Burden now works for the railroad in New York and is unhappily married to a dull woman who is a patroness to a number of mediocre artists and writers. The anonymous speaker in this introduction tells us that last summer, he unexpectedly met his friend on a train and that they spent the journey reminiscing about their childhood in Nebraska. The first-person introduction is written in the voice of a childhood friend of Jim Burden, who is the narrator for the remainder of the novel.
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