The Awakening - Paperback
by Kate Chopin
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Availability:In StockContributor:Kate Chopin, Deirdre Osborne (Introduction by)Series:Foundations of Feminist FictionPublish date:10/25/2022Pages:288
Language:EnglishPublisher:Flame Tree 451ISBN-13:9781804172438ISBN-10:180417243XUPC:9781804172438Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Classics, Women, LiterarySize:7.60 x 5.00 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.4497Product ID:SCBQ9FR14E
The Awakening
Now recognised as a pioneering exploration of gender freedom, from an era when female agency was rare and shocking. Written in the late Victorian era, The Awakening features a young woman who flings aside the norms of society and rejects her role as wife and mother. She abandons her family for a hedonistic and contrarian lifestyle before eventually committing suicide. The novel deals with the...
Series: Foundations of Feminist Fiction
Language:EnglishPublisher:Flame Tree 451ISBN-13:9781804172438ISBN-10:180417243XUPC:9781804172438Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Classics, Women, LiterarySize:7.60 x 5.00 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.4497Product ID:SCBQ9FR14E
Kate Chopin, born Katherine O'Flaherty (1851-1904) was an American novelist and short-story writer and an advocate of New Orleans life and culture. After her husband died in 1882, she began to write about the people of the South. Her first novel was At Fault (1890), but she wrote over 100 short stories, including 'Désirée's Baby' and 'Madame Celestin's Divorce'. Her preoccupation with the freedom...
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