Name: The Awakening: and Other Great Short Stories
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Author: Kate Chopin
ISBN: 9783988289025

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The Awakening: and Other Great Short Stories

Type

Physical Book

Author

Kate Chopin

Illustrated by

Redaktion Gröls-Verlag

Publisher

Grols Verlag

Language

English

Pages

186

Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

27.9 x 21.6 x 1.3 cm

Weight

0.73 kg.

ISBN13

9783988289025

Synopsis "The Awakening: and Other Great Short Stories"

This work, little known in German-speaking countries, is one of the novels most frequently read in high school English classes in the United States. Chopin tells the story of Edna Pontellier, the young wife of a wealthy Creole in Louisiana, who at the turn of the 20th century, after an exploration of her self, would rather voluntarily go to her death than forego personal autonomy and the realization of her desires. Because of the adultery theme and the main character's unwavering quest for independence and emotional, sexual, and spiritual awakening, the book was initially met with overwhelming disapproval by the rigid critics of the time. Gröls-Classics - English Edition

Kate Chopin

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Kate Chopin (1850-1904) forma parte del reducido grupo de escritoras que empezaron a dar voz propia a la mujer en la literatura moderna y cuya valía a menudo se ha visto oscurecida por la censura o el escándalo. Completan el volumen importantes relatos («En el baile acadiano», «Una mujer respetable», «Fedora», «El niño de Désirée», «La historia de una hora», «Lilas», «Athénaïse», «Un par de medias de seda», «La tormenta») que ofrecen una panorámica completa de las preocupaciones y el mundo de la autora.

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