"Nanette: An Aside" is a short story by Willa Cather. It was first published in Courier on 31 July 1897 and one month later in Home Monthly.
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Plot summary
As they are soon to leave America, Nanette tells Madame Traduttori she does not want to leave because she has fallen in love with Signor Luongo, who wants to marry her. He will not let her travel around the world, which she does with Madame. A little while later, Madame says she agrees to let her go on with her new life.
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Literary significance and criticism
Nanette: An Aside was later rewritten as A Singer's Romance, though with a different stance.
It was the first instance of the opera singer in her fiction. It was also partly based on Cather's life, as she had just written a letter to a friend about how marriage would force her to relinquish her art.