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The Professor's House Study Guide

by Willa Cather

The Professor's House study guide contains a biography of Willa Cather, literature essays, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis.

The Professor’s House is Willa Cather’s 1925 chronicle of the 52nd year of Godfrey St. Peter, a professor of history at an unnamed Midwestern university in the small town of Hamilton, which borders Lake Michigan. Professor St. Peter has lately finished his magnum opus, a history of the adventures of the Spanish explorers in North America, and he and his wife Lillian are in the process of moving to a new house built with the proceeds of his completed work. Professor St. Peter, however, has grown profoundly attached to his old house. The first and third sections of the novel are composed primarily of his musings about his early career, which was inextricably linked with his happy early married life, his later career, which was inextricably…

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• The Professor's House Summary
• About The Professor's House
• Character List
• Glossary of Terms
• Major Themes
• Quotes and Analysis
• Summary and Analysis of Chapter 1, Section 1: "The Family"
• Summary and Analysis of Chapter 2, Section 1: "The Family"
• Summary and Analysis of Chapter 3, Section 1: "The Family"
• Summary and Analysis of Chapter 4, Section 1: "The Family"
• Summary and Analysis of Chapter 5, Section 1: "The Family"
• Summary and Analysis of Chapter 6, Section 1: "The Family"
• Summary and Analysis of Chapter 7, Section 1: "The Family"
• Summary and Analysis of Chapter 8, Section 1: "The Family"
• Summary and Analysis of Chapter 9, Section 1: "The Family"
• Summary and Analysis of Chapter 10, Section 1: "The Family"
• Summary and Analysis of Chapter 11, Section 1: "The Family"
• Summary and Analysis of Chapter 12, Section 1: "The Family"
• Summary and Analysis of Chapter 13, Section 1: "The Family"
• Summary and Analysis of Chapter 14, Section 1: "The Family"
• Summary and Analysis of Chapter 15, Section 1: "The Family"
• Summary and Analysis of Chapter 16, Section 1: "The Family"
• Summary and Analysis of Chapter 17, Section 1: "The Family"
• Summary and Analysis of Chapter 1, Section 2: "Tom Outland's Story"
• Summary and Analysis of Chapter 2, Section 2: "Tom Outland's Story"
• Summary and Analysis of Chapter 3, Section 2: "Tom Outland's Story"
• Summary and Analysis of Chapter 4, Section 2: "Tom Outland's Story"
• Summary and Analysis of Chapter 5, Section 2: "Tom Outland's Story"
• Summary and Analysis of Chapter 6, Section 2: "Tom Outland's Story"
• Summary and Analysis of Chapter 7, Section 2: "Tom Outland's Story"
• Summary and Analysis of Chapter 1, Section 3: "The Professor"
• Summary and Analysis of Chapter 2, Section 3: "The Professor"
• Summary and Analysis of Chapter 3, Section 3: "The Professor"
• Summary and Analysis of Chapter 4, Section 3: "The Professor"
• Summary and Analysis of Chapter 5, Section 3: "The Professor"
• Mesa Verde: Willa Cather’s “Blue Mesa”
• Related Links on The Professor's House
• Suggested Essay Questions
• Test Yourself! - Quiz 1
• Test Yourself! - Quiz 2
• Test Yourself! - Quiz 3
• Test Yourself! - Quiz 4
• Test Yourself! - Quiz 5
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