The Awakening and Selected Stories
- Paperback
448 pages
- Release Date
15 December 2000
Summary
Introduction by Kaye Gibbons Edited and with notes by Nina Baym Commentary by Elizabeth Blackwell, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Charlotte Perkins Gilman, and from The Picayune’s Creole Cook Book
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 sen…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780679783336 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0679783334 |
| Author: | Kate Chopin, Nina Baym, Kaye Gibbons |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Modern Library Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 448 |
| Edition: | 2000th |
| Release Date: | 15 December 2000 |
| Weight: | 374g |
| Dimensions: | 24mm x 135mm x 201mm |
| Series: | Modern Library Classics |
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“A Creole Bovary is this little novel of Miss Chopin’s.” –Willa Cather
“A Creole Bovary is this little novel of Miss Chopin’s.”
–Willa Cather
Kate Chopin
Kaye Gibbons is the author of Ellen Foster, A Virtuous Woman, and On the Occasion of My Last Afternoon, among other books.
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