Kate Chopin

The Awakening and Selected Stories (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

"The Awakening" is the story of Edna Pontellier, an attractive young wife and the mother of two sons living in the Creole south in the late 19th century. Edna feels herself trapped in a marriage where she is unable to express her passionate sensuality and as a result explores a spiritual and sexual awakening through an affair with a younger man during one summer while her husband is away. Liberated by this experience she sends her children away and is determined to live a more independent and self-determined life. This behavior would lead to her downfall as it was not seen favorably by the members of her conservative 19th century southern community. "The Awakening" is a landmark modernist work which illustrates the confines of late 19th century America for women and the beginning of an era of changing social attitudes towards their role in society. The liberal portrayal of Edna in "The Awakening" was meet with great criticism when it was first published and essentially ended Chopin's literary career. The reaction to its publication is indicative of the social attitude towards increasing freedom for women during this era. At the same time the novel was a harbinger of the greater independence that was soon to come for women in America. This edition also contains a collection of seventeen of Chopin's most popular short stories.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Neeland Media LLC
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781420953091
• Artikelnr.: 49137284

Autorenporträt

Katherine O'Flaherty (1850 - 1904), known by her married name Kate Chopin, was an American author of short stories and novels. In 1899, her second novel, The Awakening, was published to much outrage and harsh criticism based upon moral, rather than literary, standards.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 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

Rezensionen

"A Creole Bovary is this little novel of Miss Chopin's."
--Willa Cather