- Paperback: 480 pages
- Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks; New edition edition (4 May 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0192823000
- ISBN-13: 978-0192823007
- Product Dimensions: 19 x 12.8 x 2.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 386,986 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'She wanted to swim far out, where no woman had swum before.' Kate Chopin was one of the most individual and adventurous of nineteenth-century american writers, whose fiction explored new and often startling territory. When her most famous story, The Awakening, was first published in 1899, it stunned readers with its frank portrayal of the inner word of Edna Pontellier, and its daring criticisms of the limits of marriage and motherhood. The subtle beauty of her writing was contrasted with her unwomanly and sordid subject-matter: Edna's rejection of her domestic role, and her passionate quest for spiritual, sexual, and artistic freedom. From her first stories, Chopin was interested in independent characters who challenged convention. This selection, freshly edited form the first printing of each text, enables readers to follow her unfolding career as she experimented with a broad range of writing, from tales for children to decadent fin-de siecle sketches. The Awakening is set alongside thirty-two short stories, illustrating the spectrum of the fiction from her first published stories to her 1898 secret masterpiece, 'The Storm'.
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this book was chosen by my reading group, and provoked oue of the most lively discussions we have ever had.
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I studied The Awakening' at uni and loved it! Chopin's work is beautiful and she deserves more credit in the literary world!
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I found this the awakening and short stories novel a very classical piece of work, it helped me realize what it was like back in the day
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