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The Awakening and Selected Stories of Kate Chopin by Kate Chopin

The Awakening and Selected Stories of Kate Chopin

By Kate Chopin
Introduction by Barbara H. Solomon

By Kate Chopin
Introduction by Barbara H. Solomon

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Apr 01, 1976 | 352 Pages

The Awakening and Selected Stories of Kate Chopin by Kate Chopin
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About The Awakening and Selected Stories of Kate Chopin

“Perhaps it is better to wake up after all, even to suffer, rather than to remain a dupe to illusions all one’s life.”
 
Kate Chopin was enjoying wide popularity as a writer, mainly of short stories, when her second novel, The Awakening, was published to widespread criticism of its immorality. A wake-up call to women all over the country, this landmark novel of early American feminism tells of a Louisiana wife who discovers the strength of her own sexuality and tries to wrench it from the hands of a patriarchal society. And just as Edna Pontellier is ostracized for trying to master her own sexual fate, so did Chopin’s reputation suffer after she wrote this book. Today The Awakening is considered a masterpiece and, along with Chopin’s short stories, has set a standard for younger generations of women who have learned to value their independence and authenticity.

Edited and with an Introduction by Barbara H. Solomon and with a New Afterword by Roxane Gay.

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About Kate Chopin

Kate Chopin (1851-1904) did not begin to write until she was thirty-six years old. Up to that time, her life gave no hint of either literary talent or literary ambition. Yet after the publication of her first stories in 1889,… More about Kate Chopin

Product Details

Category: Fiction Classics | Literary Fiction

Mass Market Paperback | $4.95
Published by Signet
Apr 01, 1976 | 352 Pages | 4-3/16 x 6-3/4 | ISBN 9780451524485

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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

Table Of Contents

Edited and with an Introduction by Barbara H. Solomon

Introduction
A Note on the Text
Chronology
Selected Bibliography

The Awakening
Wiser Than a God
A Point at Issue!
A Shameful Affair
Miss McEnders
At the ‘Cadian Ball
Désirée’s Baby
Madame Celestin’s Divorce
A Lady of Bayou St. John
La Belle Zoraïde
A Respectable Woman
The Story of an Hour
Regret
The Kiss
Athénïse
A Pair of Silk Stockings
The Storm
Charlie

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