Death Comes for the Archbishop
American novelist, 1873–1947. Won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1923.
Death Comes for the Archbishop is a 1927 novel by Willa Cather.
On 2 of the 16 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Willa Cather
- First published
- 1927
- Length
- 224 pages (UK paperback)
- Genre
- Historical fiction, Religion and faith, Rural life
Is Death Comes for the Archbishop worth reading?
2 of the 16 best-of lists it could have made include it: 100 Best Novels (board's list) (Modern Library) and All-Time 100 Novels.
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| 100 Best Novels (board's list) (Modern Library, 1998) | No. 61 | See the list |
| All-Time 100 Novels (Time, 2005) | Listed | See the list |
Best edition of Death Comes for the Archbishop
The edition we link to is the Penguin Classics paperback (2018), 224 pages.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics (paperback, 2018)
- Pages
- 224
- ISBN
- 9780241338261
How critics, prizes and readers rate Death Comes for the Archbishop
Critics rate it most highly: it earned 19% of the points available on critics' lists, against 0% on prize lists and 0% on readers' and booksellers' lists.
Share of the available points it earned on each kind of list it was eligible for. How the scores work
Books like Death Comes for the Archbishop
If you liked Death Comes for the Archbishop, try The Grapes of Wrath, Catch-22 or Heart of Darkness.
