A LOST LADY PART 2 by Willa Cather A Lost Lady is a 1923 novel by American writer Willa Cather. It tells the story of Marian Forrester and her husband, Captain Daniel Forrester, who live in the Western town of Sweet Water along the Transcontinental Railroad. A LOST LADY PART 2 by Willa Cather A Lost Lady, novel by Willa Cather, published in 1923, depicting the decline of the American pioneer spirit and the aridity of small-town life. A LOST LADY PART 2 by Willa Cather The title character, Marian Forrester, is portrayed through the adoring eyes of young Niel Herbert. He initially views Marian-the beautiful, gracious, and indomitable wife of an industrial magnate and Western pioneer-as the personification of ladylike propriety. A LOST LADY PART 2 by Willa Cather In truth she is somewhat less perfect than he pictures her, and after her husband's death she drinks too much and looks to other men for emotional and financial support. By the time Niel leaves home to start his adult life in Boston, he feels only a "weary contempt" for her. Niel learns much later, however, that she has managed to escape the stifling Midwest, and he comes to understand how much she affected his young life.
