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The Awakening and Selected Short Fiction
The Awakening and Selected Short Fiction
Author: Kate Chopin
Kate Chopin's novel is a probing psychological study of a woman who, oppressed by family life and her romantic difficulties, drowns herself in the ocean. It is also an examination of a particular culture at the end of the 19th century: the aristocratic society of southern Louisiana. — Condemned at the time it was written, The Awakeni...  more » has been valued in later years for its unflinching honesty and sexual frankness.

 The world of Kate Chopin and The Awakening Introduction by Rachel Adams The Awakening Emancipation: a life fable A shameful affair At the 'Cadian ball Desiree's Baby A gentleman of Bayou Teche A respectable woman The story of an hour Athenaise A pair of silk stockings Elizabeth Stock's one story The storm The godmother A little country girl Inspired by The Awakening Comments & questions For further reading
ISBN-13: 9781593081584
ISBN-10: 1593081588
Publication Date: 9/20/2004
Pages: 320
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Publisher: Barnes & Noble
Book Type: Hardcover
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