Kate Chopin

"Refined," "sickening," "poetic," "nauseating," "not a healthy book" are just a few of the descriptors used by reviewers upon the initial publication of The Awakening. In what many scholars consider a pivotal American novel, Kate Chopin captures a turning point of not only a century, but of women's lives and literature. In her works, she creates literary expression birthed from an Irish Catholic background and an upbringing in the South; colored by local Creole culture and language, and a desire for unbridled artistic expression.

Please purchase The Awakening by Kate Chopin, Bantam Classics Edition, paperback
ISBN-13: 978-0553213300

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