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xv, 390 pages ; 16 cm |
| Summary |
Readers and critics were scandalized by The Awakening when it was first published, but it is now regarded as among the boldest and earliest examples of feminist fiction. It is published here with a selection of Chopin's strikingly perceptive short stories and introduced by Dr J. Michelle Coghlan, a specialist in American literature. In The Awakening, Edna Pontellier is on holiday with her husband and two young children at a sleepy resort town on the Louisiana Gulf Coast. There, she is pursued by the charming and unmarried Robert Lebrun. Edna doesn't play by the rules; flirtation turns into an affair that awakens in Edna her desire to break away from her passionless marriage, her children and the strict conventions of nineteenth-century society. |
| Contents |
The awakening -- The storm -- Fedora -- Her letters -- A respectable woman -- The kiss -- A shameful affair -- Suzette -- A mental suggestion -- A point at issue! -- Madame Célestin's divorce -- A pair of silk stockings -- An Egyptian cigarette -- Wiser than a god -- Elizabeth Stock's one story -- Ozème's holiday -- Miss McEnders -- The story of an hour -- The recovery -- Désirée's baby -- La belle Zoraïde -- Regret -- The locket -- Athénaïse. |
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Married women -- Fiction.
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Adultery -- Fiction.
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New Orleans (La.) -- Fiction.
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Short stories, American.
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Married women. (OCoLC)fst01010701
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Adultery. (OCoLC)fst00797378
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Short stories, American. (OCoLC)fst01117064
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Louisiana -- New Orleans.
(OCoLC)fst01204311
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| Genre/Form |
Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
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| Added Author |
Coghlan, J. Michelle, editor.
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Chopin, Kate, 1850-1904.
Awakening.
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Chopin, Kate, 1850-1904.
Storm.
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Chopin, Kate, 1850-1904.
Fedora.
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Chopin, Kate, 1850-1904.
Her letters.
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Chopin, Kate, 1850-1904.
Respectable woman.
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Chopin, Kate, 1850-1904.
Kiss.
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Chopin, Kate, 1850-1904.
Shameful affair.
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Chopin, Kate, 1850-1904.
Suzette.
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Chopin, Kate, 1850-1904.
Mental suggestion.
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Chopin, Kate, 1850-1904.
Point at issue.
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Chopin, Kate, 1850-1904.
Madame Celestin's divorce.
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Chopin, Kate, 1850-1904.
Pair of silk stockings.
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Chopin, Kate, 1850-1904.
Egyptian cigarette.
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Chopin, Kate, 1850-1904.
Wiser than a god.
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Chopin, Kate, 1850-1904.
Elizabeth Stock's one story.
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Chopin, Kate, 1850-1904.
Ozeme's holiday.
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Chopin, Kate, 1850-1904.
Miss McEnders.
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Chopin, Kate, 1850-1904.
Story of an hour.
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Chopin, Kate, 1850-1904.
Recovery.
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Chopin, Kate, 1850-1904.
Desiree's baby.
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Chopin, Kate, 1850-1904.
Belle Zoraïde.
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Chopin, Kate, 1850-1904.
Regret.
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Chopin, Kate, 1850-1904.
Locket.
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Chopin, Kate, 1850-1904.
Athenaïse.
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| Added Title |
Short stories. Selections.
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| ISBN |
9781509854127 (hardcover) |
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1509854126 (hardcover) |
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