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At Fault - (Mint Editions (Women Writers)) by Kate Chopin (Hardcover)

At Fault - (Mint Editions (Women Writers)) by  Kate Chopin (Hardcover) - 1 of 1
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  • At Fault (1890) is a novel by American author Kate Chopin.
  • Author(s): Kate Chopin
  • 160 Pages
  • Fiction + Literature Genres, Classics
  • Series Name: Mint Editions (Women Writers)

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At Fault (1890) is a novel by American author Kate Chopin. Published at the author's expense, At Fault is the undervalued debut of a pioneering feminist and gifted writer who sought to portray the experiences of Southern women struggling to survive in an era decimated by war and economic hardship.

Thérèse Lafirme is a Creole widow whose husband's death has made the Place-du-Bois plantation on the Cane River in northwestern Louisiana her sole responsibility. Struggling to survive in a region that, following the fall of the Confederacy, has failed to recover from the devastation of defeat, Lafirme agrees to sell her land's timber rights to a recently divorced businessman named David Hosmer. As the two begin to fall in love, Hosmer's sawmill causes tension in an agrarian community unaccustomed to modern industry. Hosmer proposes to Thérèse, she is forced to consider the prospect of marriage against the opinion her community as well as her own moral and religious values, to set her personal desires aside in order to appease tradition. When Fanny, Hosmer's alcoholic ex-wife, re-enters the picture, trouble ensues that threatens to ruin Lafirme's reputation as an honest, hardworking woman. At Fault, like much of Chopin's work, went largely unnoticed upon publication, but has since garnered critical acclaim as a work that explores the lived experiences of women and racial minorities during a period of political and economic upheaval. Both fictional and autobiographical--Chopin was a widow of French heritage who struggled to provide for her family following her husband's death--At Fault is an underappreciated masterpiece of nineteenth-century literature.

This edition of Kate Chopin's At Fault is a classic of American literature reimagined for modern readers.

Since our inception in 2020, Mint Editions has kept sustainability and innovation at the forefront of our mission. Each and every Mint Edition title gets a fresh, professionally typeset manuscript and a dazzling new cover, all while maintaining the integrity of the original book.

With thousands of titles in our collection, we aim to spotlight diverse public domain works to help them find modern audiences. Mint Editions celebrates a breadth of literary works, curated from both canonical and overlooked classics from writers around the globe.



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After the Civil War, Therese Lafirme, a widow, runs a plantation in rural Louisiana. When a divorced businessman named David Hosmer purchases timber rights to her land in order to support his newly built sawmill, Lafirme struggles to balance her growing affections with her hard-earned sense of independence and deep moral convictions. At Fault is the debut novel of Kate Chopin.

Dimensions (Overall): 8.0 Inches (H) x 5.0 Inches (W) x .5 Inches (D)
Weight: .67 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Series Title: Mint Editions (Women Writers)
Sub-Genre: Classics
Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres
Number of Pages: 160
Publisher: Mint Editions
Format: Hardcover
Author: Kate Chopin
Language: English
Street Date: July 27, 2021
TCIN: 1002715646
UPC: 9781513208091
Item Number (DPCI): 247-31-3877
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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