The Awakening and Selected Stories of Kate Chopin
The Awakening tells of a wife who discovers the strength of her own sexuality and tries to wrench it from the hands of a patriarchal society- and her upper-class Cajun family.This and Chopin's other short stories are standard-setting masterpieces.
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About the Author:
Kate Chopin (1850–1904) was an American author of short stories and novels, mostly of a Louisiana Creole background. She is now considered by some to have been a forerunner of feminist authors of the 20th century. From 1869 to 1902, she wrote short stories for both children and adults which were published in such magazines as Atlantic Monthly, Vogue, the Century, and Harper's Youth's Companion. Within a decade of her death, Chopin was widely recognized as one of the leading writers of her time. In 1915, Fred Lewis Pattee wrote, "some of [Chopin's] work is equal to the best that has been produced in France or even in America. [She displayed] what may be described as a native aptitude for narration amounting almost to genius."
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“Flexible, iridescent style.”—Willa Cather
“As pertinent as any fiction this year or last. It is uncanny, nothing else.”—The New York Times
“As pertinent as any fiction this year or last. It is uncanny, nothing else.”—The New York Times
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- PublisherSimon & Schuster Paperbacks
- Publication date2009
- ISBN 10 1439569916
- ISBN 13 9781439569917
- BindingLibrary Binding
- Number of pages296
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