The Professor's House is a novel by American novelist Willa Cather. Published in 1925, the novel was written over the course of several years. Cather first wrote the centerpiece, โTom Outland's Story, โ and then later wrote the two framing chapters โThe Familyโ and โThe Professor.โ
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After completing his masterwork and garnering a great deal of money for it, history professor Godfrey St. Paul has purchased a new house. But when the time comes to move, he cannot bring himself to do so. Sitting in his comfortable study in his current house near the shore of Lake Michiganโand on the verge of a midlife crisisโhe reflects on his past.
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At fifty-two, he has dedicated himself to his work, his garden, and his wife and two daughters, but despite all of his successes, he is unhappy with the course of his future. He retreats into his memoriesโhis career and fond recollections of Tom Outland, his most outstanding student and once his son-in-law-to-be, who was lost in the Great War. He also thinks of his present and the daunting mystery of what lies ahead. And soon the introspection takes overย .ย .ย .
โThe Professorโs Houseย is Catherโs masterpiece. It is almost perfectly constructed, peculiarly moving, and completely original.โ โA. S. Byatt,ย The Guardian
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