The Professor's House is a novel by American novelist, journalist, and teacher Willa Cather. Published in 1925, the novel was written over the course of several years. Cather first wrote the centerpiece, “Tom Outland's Story,” and only later wrote the two framing chapters “The Family” and “The Professor.”
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