Awakening and Selected Short Fiction (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) e-bog

The Awakening and Selected Short Fiction, by Kate Chopin, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classicsseries, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics: New introductions commissioned from todays top writers and scholars Biographies of the authors Chronologies of contemporary historical, biographical, and cultural events Footnotes and endnotes Selective discussions of imitations, parodies, poems, books, plays, paintings, operas, statuary, and films inspired by the work Comments by other famous authors Study questions to challenge the readers viewpoints and expectations Bibliographies for further reading Indices & Glossaries, when appropriateAll editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. Barnes & Noble Classics pulls together a constellation of influencesbiographical, historical, and literaryto enrich each readers understanding of these enduring works.When it first appeared in 1899, Kate ChopinsThe Awakening was greeted with cries of outrage. The novels frank portrayal of a womans emotional, intellectual, and sexual awakening shocked the sensibilities of the time and destroyed the authors reputation and career. Many years passed before this short, pioneering work was recognized as a major achievement in American literature. Set in and around New Orleans, The Awakening tells the story of Edna Pontellier, a young wife and mother who, determined to control her own life, flouts convention by moving out of her husbands house, having an adulterous affair, and becoming an artist.Beautifully written, with sensuous imagery and vivid local descriptions, The Awakening haslost none of its power to provoke and inspire. Additionally, this edition includes thirteen of Kate Chopins magnificent short stories.Stories Included in the Volume:The AwakeningEmancipation: A Life FableA Shameful AffairAt the Cadian BallDsires BabyA Gentleman of Bayou TcheA Respectable WomanThe Story of an HourAthnaseA Pair of Silk StockingsElizabeth Stocks One StoryThe StormThe GodmotherA Little Country GirlRachel Adams teaches nineteenth and twentieth-century American literature at Columbia University.