| The Awakening & Other Short Stories Contributor(s): Chopin, Kate (Author) |
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ISBN: 1719328250 ISBN-13: 9781719328258 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $10.21 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Short Stories (single Author) - Fiction | Family Life - General |
| Physical Information: 0.39" H x 6" W x 9" (0.55 lbs) 182 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Family |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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." |