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    Kate Chopin


    Kate Chopin (1851-1904) did not begin to write until she was thirty-six years old. Up to that time, her life gave no hint of either literary talent or literary ambition. Yet after the publication of her first stories in 1889, she enjoyed ten years of a productive, serious, and fairly successful career. Her first novel, At Fault (1890), had difficulty finding a publisher, so she brought it out at her own expense and sent review copies to important journals. Her short stories—close to a hundred of them—were published for the most part in prestigious national magazines. They gave her a solid reputation as a gifted 'local color' writer—that is, an author specializing in the depiction of a particular region of the country and its inhabitants. From these many stories, she culled two well-reviewed collections: Bayou Folk in 1894 and A Night in Acadie in 1897. The Awakening, now her best-known work, appeared in 1899.

    Critics of Chopin's own day disapproved of the sexual frankness of The Awakening and were especially disturbed by the narrator's neutrality toward the unconventional behavior of Edna Pontellier, the heroine. All reviews of the novel were unfavorable. Soon after this setback, a planned third collection of short stories was rejected by a publisher, and Kate Chopin essentially ceased to write. In poor health, she died some five years after The Awakening appeared. She was only fifty-three.
    The Awakening and Selected Stories
    The Awakening and Selected Stories
    Kate Chopin
    9780593468791
    $10.00 US
    Paperback
    Feb 21, 2023
    Vintage
    The Awakening and Selected Stories
    The Awakening and Selected Stories
    Kate Chopin
    9780143134800
    $27.00 US
    Hardcover
    Feb 25, 2020
    Penguin Classics
    The Awakening
    The Awakening
    A Novel
    Kate Chopin
    9781984854360
    $9.00 US
    Paperback
    Jun 18, 2019
    Modern Library
    The Awakening and Selected Stories
    The Awakening and Selected Stories
    Kate Chopin
    9780679783336
    $9.00 US
    Paperback
    Nov 14, 2000
    Modern Library
    Bayou Folk and a Night in Acadie
    Bayou Folk and a Night in Acadie
    Kate Chopin
    9780140436815
    $20.00 US
    Paperback
    Mar 01, 1999
    Penguin Classics
    The Awakening
    The Awakening
    Introduction by Elaine Showalter
    Kate Chopin
    9780679417217
    $24.00 US
    Hardcover
    Nov 03, 1992
    Everyman's Library
    A Vocation and a Voice
    A Vocation and a Voice
    Stories
    Kate Chopin
    9780140390780
    $17.00 US
    Paperback
    Jan 01, 1991
    Penguin Classics
    The Awakening and Selected Stories of Kate Chopin
    The Awakening and Selected Stories of Kate Chopin
    Kate Chopin
    9780451524485
    $5.95 US
    Mass Market Paperback
    Apr 01, 1976
    Signet

    Books

    The Awakening and Selected Stories
    The Awakening and Selected Stories
    Kate Chopin
    9780593468791
    $10.00 US
    Paperback
    Feb 21, 2023
    Vintage
    The Awakening and Selected Stories
    The Awakening and Selected Stories
    Kate Chopin
    9780143134800
    $27.00 US
    Hardcover
    Feb 25, 2020
    Penguin Classics
    The Awakening
    The Awakening
    A Novel
    Kate Chopin
    9781984854360
    $9.00 US
    Paperback
    Jun 18, 2019
    Modern Library
    The Awakening and Selected Stories
    The Awakening and Selected Stories
    Kate Chopin
    9780679783336
    $9.00 US
    Paperback
    Nov 14, 2000
    Modern Library
    Bayou Folk and a Night in Acadie
    Bayou Folk and a Night in Acadie
    Kate Chopin
    9780140436815
    $20.00 US
    Paperback
    Mar 01, 1999
    Penguin Classics
    The Awakening
    The Awakening
    Introduction by Elaine Showalter
    Kate Chopin
    9780679417217
    $24.00 US
    Hardcover
    Nov 03, 1992
    Everyman's Library
    A Vocation and a Voice
    A Vocation and a Voice
    Stories
    Kate Chopin
    9780140390780
    $17.00 US
    Paperback
    Jan 01, 1991
    Penguin Classics
    The Awakening and Selected Stories of Kate Chopin
    The Awakening and Selected Stories of Kate Chopin
    Kate Chopin
    9780451524485
    $5.95 US
    Mass Market Paperback
    Apr 01, 1976
    Signet

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