The Song of the LarkWilla Cathers third novel, The Song of the Lark, depicts the growth of an artist, singer Thea Kronborg, a character inspired by the Swedish born immigrant and renowned Wagnerian soprano Olive Fremstad. Theas early life, however, has much in common with Cathers own. Set from 1885 to 1909, the novel traces Theas long journey from her fictional hometown of Moonstone, Colorado, to her source of inspiration in the Southwest, and to New York and the