The Awakening and Selected Stories
$18.75
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
20 May 2003
Summary
Kate Chopin’s groundbreaking depiction of a woman who dares to defy the expectations of society in the pursuit of her desire.
When The Awakening was first published in 1899, charges of sordidness and immorality seemed to consign it into obscurity and irreparably damage its author’s reputation. But a century after her death, it is widely regarded as Kate Chopin’s great achievement. Through careful, subtle changes of style, Chopin shows the transformation of Edna Pontellier, a …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780142437322 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0142437328 |
| Author: | Kate Chopin |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 20 May 2003 |
| Weight: | 208g |
| Dimensions: | 16mm x 129mm x 197mm |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
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“A Creole Bovary is this little novel of Miss Chopin’s.” –Willa Cather
“A Creole Bovary is this little novel of Miss Chopin’s.”
–Willa Cather
Kate Chopin
Kate Chopin (1851-1904)
Kate Chopin did not begin writing until she was thirty-six years old. Her first novel, At Fault (1890), faced publication challenges, leading her to self-publish it. She later compiled two critically acclaimed short story collections: Bayou Folk (1894) and A Night in Acadie (1897). Her most famous work, The Awakening, was published in 1899.
Claire Vaye Watkins
Claire Vaye Watkins is the author of Battleborn and Gold Fame Citrus. Her short fiction and essays have been featured in various literary publications. A recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and recognized among the National Book Foundation’s “5 Under 35” and Granta’s “Best Young American Novelists,” Claire is also the director and co-founder of the Mojave School, an arts and literature festival held in the Mojave Desert.
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