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The Awakening

And Other Stories (Oxford World's Classics)

By Kate Chopin

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| Paperback | 9780192823007

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Kate Chopin was one of the most individual and adventurous of nineteenth-century american writers, whose fiction explored new and often startling territory. When her most famous story, The Awakening, was first published in 1899, it stunned readers with its frank portrayal of the inner word of Edna Continue

Kate Chopin was one of the most individual and adventurous of nineteenth-century american writers, whose fiction explored new and often startling territory. When her most famous story, The Awakening, was first published in 1899, it stunned readers with its frank portrayal of the inner word of Edna Pontellier, and its daring criticisms of the limits of marriage and motherhood. The subtle beauty of her writing was contrasted with her unwomanly and sordid subject-matter: Edna's rejection of her domestic role, and her passionate quest for spiritual, sexual, and artistic freedom.

From her first stories, Chopin was interested in independent characters who challenged convention. This selection, freshly edited from the first printing of each text, enables readers to follow her unfolding career as she experimented with a broad range of writing, from tales for children to decadent fin-de siecle sketches. The Awakening is set alongside thirty-two short stories, illustrating the spectrum of the fiction from her first published stories to her 1898 secret masterpiece, "The Storm."

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  • Recommended for Book Clubs: Kate Chopin's The Awakening Share

    Book clubs have enjoyed a resurgence in recent years, thanks to support from bookstores and publishers. If you’re like me, a book club meeting is a welcome opportunity to socialize with other readers. But it can also be a daunting commitment, especia ... (read full critics)

    blogcritics published on Wed, 22 Jun 2011

  • Shakespeare’s Sister

    If Kate Chopin’s The Awakening had not existed, feminist criticism must have invented it. Here was a lost and indeed fallen 19th-century novel, an orphan of the critical storm, whose rescue in the 1960s captured all the themes of the emerging women’s ... (read full critics)

    lrb published on Sun, 5 Sep 2010

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  • English Books
  • Paperback 410 Pages
  • Edition: New Ed
  • ISBN-10: 0192823000
  • ISBN-13: 9780192823007
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • Pub date: May 01, 2000
  • Dimensions: 1290 mm x 839 mm x 129 mm Just how big is that?
  • Also available as: Mass Market Paperback, Hardcover and Others
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