| The Awakening & Other Short Stories Contributor(s): Chopin, Kate (Author) |
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ISBN: 1974429229 ISBN-13: 9781974429226 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $12.34 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction |
| Physical Information: 0.44" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (0.63 lbs) 208 pages |
| 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. |
