The Awakening and Selected Stories
by Kate Chopin
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A daring novel of a woman's sexual and spiritual rebirth
When it was published in 1899, charges of sordidness and immorality consigned this classic into initial obscurity and irreparably damaged its author's literary and social reputation.
Through careful, subtle changes of style, Chopin shows the transformation of Edna Pontellier, a young wife and mother who--with tragic consequences--refuses to be caged by married and domestic life and claims for herself moral and erotic freedom.
In her introduction, Sandra M. Gilbert considers the issues explored in the novel and the stories collected here--from their growth out of the feminist literary tradition of the nineteenth century, to their place among other concerns of fin de siécle writers in America and Europe, to their impact on contemporary feminist writing.
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Armand Aubigny, Désirée, Madame Valmont, Sandrine, La Blanche, Mrs. Sommers, César François Xavier, Edna Pontellier, Léonce Pontellier, Etienne Pontellier, Raoul Pontellier, Madame Aline Lebrun, Robert Lebrun, Victor Lebrun, Mariequita, Adèle Ratignolle, Alphonse Ratignolle, Mademoiselle Reisz, Farival twins, Monsieur Farival, Beaudelet, Madame Antoine, Toni Antoine, Old Celestine, Ellen Joe, Doctor Mandelet, Alcée Arobin, Mrs. Highcamp, James Highcamp, Mrs. Merriman, Miss Mayblunt, Gouvernail, Madame PontellierPlaces
Louisiana, L’Abri, New Orleans, Grand Isle, Chênière Caminada, Gulf of Mexico, Mexico, New York CityTimes
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The Awakening and Selected Stories
2003, Penguin Books
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The Awakening and Selected Stories
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The Awakening and Selected Stories
1986, Penguin Books
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"A green and yellow parrot, which hung in a cage outside the door, kept repeating over and over: "Allez vous-en! Allez vous-en! Sapristi! That's all right!""
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Contains:
The Awakening
Emancipation;
At the 'Cadian ball ;
Désirée’s Baby
La belle Zoraide ;
At Chênière Caminada ;
The story of an hour ;
Lilacs ;
Athénaise ;
A Pair of Silk Stockings
Nég Créol
Elizabeth Stock's one story ;
The storm
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