The Awakening
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DescriptionThis Second Edition of a perennial favorite in the Norton Critical Edition series represents an extensive revision of its predecessor. MoreLess Reader ReviewsWrite a Review Please sign in to write a review. Holly Slover - April 30, 2013 ExcellentRead this book for my college literature class. It is a great read! About the AuthorKate Chopin was born Katherine O'Flaherty in St. Louis, Missouri, on February 8, 1851, to Eliza Faris and Thomas O'Flaherty. Although she was brought up in a wealthy and socially elite Catholic family, Chopin's childhood was marred by tragedies. Her father was killed in a train accident when Chopin was just four years old, and in the following years she also lost her older brother, great-grandmother, and half-brother. In 1870, at the age of 19, she married Oscar Chopin, the son of a wealthy cotton-growing family in Louisiana. The couple had seven children together, five boys and two girls, before Oscar died of swamp fever in 1883. The following year, Chopin packed up her family and moved back to St. Louis to be with her mother, who died just a year later. To support herself and her family, Chopin started to write. Her first novel, At Fault, was published in 1890. Her most famous work, The Awakening, inspired by a real-life New Orleans woman who committed adultery, was published in 1899. The book explores the social and psychological consequences of a woman caught in an unhappy marriage in 19th century America, is now considered a classic of the feminist movement and caused such an uproar in the community that Chopin almost entirely gave up writing. Chopin did try her hand at a few short stories, most of which were not even published. Chopin died on August 22, 1904, of a brain hemorrhage, after collapsing at the World's Fair just two days before. MoreLess Reader ReviewsWrite a Review Please sign in to write a review. Loading Failed to fetch page. Please retry in a few minutes. Holly Slover - April 30, 2013 ExcellentRead this book for my college literature class. It is a great read! Lisa Van beusekom - April 25, 2013 Boring by today's standardsMust have missed the whole feminist pioneer chapters, oh well Sara Lynn - April 25, 2013 ReviewOverall great book! I would like to find out what happened to Robert. And Im not sure if he really did love her. Smartphones and Tablets Install the free Google Play Books app for Android and iPad/iPhone. It syncs automatically with your account and allows you to read online or offline wherever you are. Laptop and Computers You can read books purchased on Google Play using your computer's web browser. eReaders and other devices To read on e-ink devices like the Sony eReader or Barnes & Noble Nook, you'll need to download a file and transfer it to your device. Please follow the detailed Help center instructions to transfer the files to supported eReaders. Learn more› |