The Awakening & Other Short Stories - 9781976508974

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."

• • Author: Kate Chopin
• • Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• • Publication Date: Sep 18, 2017
• • Number of Pages: 206 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Paperback
• • ISBN-10: 1976508975
• • ISBN-13: 9781976508974