The Awakening and Selected Stories - (Modern Library Classics) by Kate Chopin (Paperback)
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Highlights
- 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.
- About the Author: Kaye Gibbons is the author of Ellen Foster, A Virtuous Woman, and On the Occasion of My Last Afternoon, among other books.
- 448 Pages
- Fiction + Literature Genres, Classics
- Series Name: Modern Library Classics
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Book Synopsis
Introduction by Kaye GibbonsEdited 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 sensuality, the delusion of ecstatic love, and the solitude that accompanies the trappings of middle- and upper-class life are the themes of this now-classic novel. As Kaye Gibbons points out in her Introduction, Chopin "was writing American realism before most Americans could bear to hear that they were living it." This edition includes selected stories from Chopin's Bayou Folk and A Night in Acadie. Includes a Modern Library Reading Group Guide
Review Quotes
"A Creole Bovary is this little novel of Miss Chopin's."
--Willa Cather
About the Author
Kaye Gibbons is the author of Ellen Foster, A Virtuous Woman, and On the Occasion of My Last Afternoon, among other books.Dimensions (Overall): 8.0 Inches (H) x 5.3 Inches (W) x .96 Inches (D)
Weight: .82 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 448
Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres
Sub-Genre: Classics
Series Title: Modern Library Classics
Publisher: Modern Library
Format: Paperback
Author: Kate Chopin
Language: English
Street Date: November 14, 2000
TCIN: 92891819
UPC: 9780679783336
Item Number (DPCI): 247-08-8989
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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