Willa Cather 
The Professor’s House 

When Professor Godfrey and wife move to a new house, he becomes uncomfortable with the road his life is taking. He keeps his dusty study in the old house in an attempt to hang on to his old life. Also the marriages of his two daughters have removed them from the home, precipitating a mid-life crisis that leaves the Professor feeling as though he has lost the will to live because he feels he has nothing to look forward to anymore. Can he resolve to go on with his life and make the best of things, or is something more sinister in the stars?