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The Professor’s House by Willa Cather depicts the inner struggles of Godfrey St. Peter, a history professor grappling with his identity in middle age. He remains attached to his old house, where memories of his late student Tom Outland and their shared interest in the American Southwest haunt him. St. Peter navigates family tensions and his sense of missed opportunities while working on editing Tom's diaries. The book includes depictions of suicidal ideation and the misappropriation of Indigenous culture.