The Awakening and Selected Stories

by Kate Chopin

Book Overview

Kate Chopin's groundbreaking depiction of a woman who dares to defy the expectations of society in the pursuit of her desire

When The Awakening was first published in 1899, charges of sordidness and immorality seemed to consign it into obscurity and irreparably damage its author's reputation. But a century after her death, it is widely regarded as Kate Chopin's great achievement. Through careful, subtle changes of style, Chopin...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0142437328
• ISBN13: 9780142437322
• Release Date: February 2003
• Publisher: Penguin Classics
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.0" x 7.6"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher