"Perhaps it is better to wake up after all, even to suffer, rather than to remain a dupe to illusions all one's life." Kate Chopin was enjoying wide popularity as a writer, mainly of short stories, when her second novel, The Awakening, was published to widespread...
Published in 1899, the short novel of feminist fiction is a sympathetic portrayal of a woman's discovery of the stifling bonds of her marriage and the strength of her own sexuality. Revised reissue.
" Perhaps it is better to wake up after all, even to suffer, rather than to remain a dupe to illusions all one s life. " Kate Chopin was enjoying wide popularity as a writer, mainly of short stories, when her second novel, "The Awakening," was published to widespread criticism...
The Awakening shocked turn-of-the-century readers and reviewers with its treatment of sex and suicide. In a departure from literary convention, Kate Chopin failed to condemn her heroine's desire for an affair with the son of a Louisiana resort owner, whom she meets on vacation...
A collection of Kate Chopin's best-known work, including "The Awakening" and seven additional short stories.