Kate Chopin
The Awakening & Other Short Stories
Paperback
(CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform Aug. 26, 2015)
The Awakening shocked turn-of-the-century readers with its forthright treatment of sex and suicide. Departing from literary convention, Kate Chopin failed to condemn her heroine's desire for an affair with the son of a Louisiana resort owner, whom she meets on vacation. The power of sensuality, the delusion of ecstatic love, and the solitude that accompanies the trappings of middle- and upper-class life are the themes of this now-classic novel. As Kaye Gibbons points out in her Introduction, Chopin "was writing American realism before most Americans could bear to hear that they were living it."
- ISBN
- 1517058201 / 9781517058203
- Pages
- 98
- Weight
- 11.0 oz.
- Dimensions
- 8.5 x 0.2 in.
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