1·In addition to intense human interactions and nature imagery, Cather's work often comments on the arts — on music, on painting, on all expressions of the impulse to create.
除了人类之间强大的相互影响和对自然形象化的描写，凯瑟的作品也常评论艺术——包含音乐，绘画以及所有对创造冲动之表达。
2·There has been, and continues to be, speculation about Cather's personal life, and her relationships, often deeply emotional, with other women.
对凯瑟的个人生活、与其他女人之间那非常动人的关系之推测，过去有，将来也一定会有。
3·Cather once said that during the trip from her birthplace in Virginia, she imagined that, "I had left even their spirits [her grandparents] behind me."
凯瑟曾说，在从自己位于佛吉尼亚的家乡开始的旅行中，她觉得“自己把他们的精神支柱(她的祖父母)放在了自己的后面。”
4·Short, exquisite, this is Willa Cather's most perfect novel.
这部小说简短、精致，是薇拉·凯瑟最完美的作品。
5·Much of the criticism of Cather in the past has focused on the primacy of landscape, including the Nebraska plains and New Mexico, in Cather's work.
过去对凯瑟的批评集中于她那稚嫩的风景上的描写，包括内布拉斯加平原和新墨西哥。