Awakening

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She wanted to swim far out where no woman had swum before. Kate Chopin was one of the most individual & adventurous of nineteenth-century american writers whose fiction explored new & often startling territory. When her most famous story The Awakening was first published in 1899 it stunned readers with its frank portrayal of the inner word of Edna Pontellier & its daring criticisms of the limits of marriage & motherhood. The subtle beauty of her writing was contrasted with her unwomanly & sordid subject-matter: Ednas rejection of her domestic role & her passionate quest for spiritual sexual & artistic freedom. From her first stories Chopin was interested in independent characters who challenged convention. This selection freshly edited form the first printing of each text enables readers to follow her unfolding career as she experimented with a broad range of writing from tales for children to decadent fin-de siecle sketches. The Awakening is set alongside thirty-two short stories illustrating the spectrum of the fiction from her first published stories to her 1898 secret masterpiece The Storm. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford Worlds Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxfords commitment to scholarship providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features including expert introductions by leading authorities helpful notes to clarify the text up-to-date bibliographies for further study & much more.