# Larry Donovan — My Ántonia character guide

> Larry Donovan in My Ántonia by Willa Cather.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Donovan, Larry

**First appearance:** 0031-vii

## Who they are

A charming but unreliable train conductor who courts and abandons Tiny Soderball.

## In the story

### [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_antonia_se/chapters/xii)

A passenger conductor and ladies' man who often dances with Ántonia.

### [Book IV: The Pioneer Woman’s Story](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_antonia_se/chapters/book-iv-the-pioneer-woman-s-story)

The fiancé who abandoned Ántonia in Denver after promising marriage.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/my_antonia_se/chapters/ii)

Ántonia's former fiancé, described as a pompous and aloof passenger conductor.

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