The Awakening and Selected Stories

Author(s): Kate Chopin

Fiction



When Kate Chopin's classic was first published in 1899, charges of sordidness and immorality seemed to consign it into obscurity and irreparably damage its author's reputation. But a century after her death, The Awakening is widely regarded as Kate Chopin's great achievement and a celebrated work of early feminist literature. Through careful, subtle changes of style, Chopin shows the transformation of Edna Pontellier, a young wife and mother, who - with tragic consequences - refuses to be caged by married and domestic life, and claims for herself moral and erotic freedom.

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  • : 9780143134800
  • : Penguin Publishing Group
  • : Penguin Publishing Group
  • : 0.365142
  • : February 2020
  • : .719 Inches X 5.062 Inches X 7.75 Inches
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  • : 288
  • : Hardback
  • : Kate Chopin