My Mortal Enemy (Annotated)

Willa Cather's My Mortal Enemy (1926) is a concise, unsparing study of marriage, memory, and disillusionment. Framed through the recollections of Nellie Birdseye, the novella traces the decline of Myra Henshawe, a brilliant, imperious woman who once sacrificed inheritance for romantic love, only to find that devotion curdles into bitterness. Written in Cather's late, compressed style, the book rej...