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PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group

ISBN-100593468791

ISBN-139780593468791

eBay Product ID (ePID)13057240424

Product Key Features

Book TitleAwakening and Selected Stories

Number of Pages368 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicClassics, Contemporary Women, Literary

Publication Year2023

GenreFiction

AuthorKate Chopin

Book SeriesVintage Classics Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight9.5 Oz

Item Length8 in

Item Width5.2 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2023-290031

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal813.4

Table Of ContentIntroduction by Jane Smiley The Awakening Selected Stories Wiser Than a God A Point at Issue! A Shameful Affair Miss McEnders At the 'Cadian Ball Désirée's Baby At Chênière Caminada The Story of an Hour Lilacs The Kiss Athénaïse A Pair of Silk Stockings

SynopsisA feminist literary landmark- the daring story of a woman's search for personal freedom that was so controversial in 1899 that it ended its author's career. With an effortless, sure-handed artistry, Kate Chopin tells the story of Edna Pontellier, a young mother and model wife, whose romantic involvement with a young man at a seaside resort allows her for the first time to imagine a freer life.Upon her return to New Orleans, Edna leaves her husband's home for her own cottage, pursues her artistic ambitions, and begins an affair, only to discover that the constraints of social custom are more powerful than she had thought. Contemporary readers were shocked by the frank, unapologetic treatment of adultery in The Awakening , but over the ensuing century the novel went on to achieve the status of a classic for its visionary prescience and narrative brilliance., A feminist literary landmark: the daring story of a woman's search for personal freedom that was so controversial in 1899 that it ended its author's career., A feminist literary landmark: the daring story of a woman's search for personal freedom that was so controversial in 1899 that it ended its author's career. With an effortless, sure-handed artistry, Kate Chopin tells the story of Edna Pontellier, a young mother and model wife, whose romantic involvement with a young man at a seaside resort allows her for the first time to imagine a freer life. Upon her return to New Orleans, Edna leaves her husband's home for her own cottage, pursues her artistic ambitions, and begins an affair, only to discover that the constraints of social custom are more powerful than she had thought. Contemporary readers were shocked by the frank, unapologetic treatment of adultery in The Awakening , but over the ensuing century the novel went on to achieve the status of a classic for its visionary prescience and narrative brilliance.

LC Classification NumberPS1294.C63A6