"I was thinking", he answered absently, "about Euripides; h… - Willa Cather

"I was thinking", he answered absently, "about Euripides; how, when he was an old man, he went and lived in a cave by the sea, and it was thought queer at the time. It seems that houses had become insupportable to him. I wonder whether it was because he had observed women so closely all his life."

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Willa Sibert Cather (7 December 1873 – 24 April 1947) is among the most eminent American authors, known for her depictions of US life in her novels.

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Alternative Names: Willa Sibert Cather • Wilella Sibert “Willa” Cather • Wilella Sibert Cather

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