The Awakening and Selected Stories of Kate Chopin
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- Synopsis
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"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.
- Copyright:
- 1976
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 283 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780451524485
- Publisher:
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Date of Addition:
- 05/30/19
- Copyrighted By:
- New American Library, a division of Penguin Group (USA) Inc.
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Literature and Fiction
- Grade Levels:
- Twelfth grade
- Reading Age:
- 18 and up
- Submitted By:
- Daproim Africa
- Proofread By:
- Daproim Africa
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.