The Awakening (The Norton Library) Format: Electronic book text

Chopin, Kate; Fisher, Laura R. (EDT)

ISBN 10: 0393871401 / ISBN 13: 9780393871401

Published by WW Norton Publishers, 2022

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Awakening (The Norton Library) Format: Electronic book text
• Publisher: WW Norton Publishers
• Publication Date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0393871401
• ISBN 13: 9780393871401
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Part of the Norton Library seriesThe AwakeningThe Norton LibraryInviting introductionsEndnotes and an easy-to-read designAn affordable price (most $10 or less)About the EditorReading for Reform: The Social Work of Literature in the Progressive Era

About the Authors

Kate Chopin was born on February 8, 1850, to an affluent family in St. Louis, Missouri. In 1870, she moved with her husband to his native New Orleans. Chopin began her literary career at the age of thirty-six, as a recently widowed mother of six. From 1890 to 1897, Chopin published her first novel, At Fault, and nearly one hundred short stories, collected in Bayou Folk and A Night in Acadie. Chopin’s stories were widely read, appearing in leading magazines of the day. Her most famous novel, The Awakening, faced wide condemnation upon its release in 1899 for its morally ambivalent subject matter. It has since become recognized as an essential work of early feminist fiction. Kate Chopin died on August 22, 1904.

Laura R. Fisher is an associate professor of English at Toronto Metropolitan University. She is the author of Reading for Reform: The Social Work of Literature in the Progressive Era.