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The Awakening

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Mad Hatter Bookstore
(Westbank, BC, Canada)

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Descripción Hardcover. Condición: New. No Jacket. 1st Edition. An extremely tight and unmarked First Edition, First Printing-" 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 literary and social reputation. But a century after her death, it is widely regarded as Kate Chopin's great achievement. Through careful, subtle changes of style, Chopin shows the transformation of Edna Pontellier, a young wife and mother who--with tragic consequences--refuses to be caged by married and domestic life and claims for herself moral and erotic freedom --back cover Introduction: The second coming of Aphrodite by Sandra M. Gilbert -- Suggestions for further reading -- The awakening -- Emancipation: a life fable -- At the 'Cadian ball -- Desiree's baby -- La Belle zoraide -- At Cheniere Caminada -- The story of an hour -- Lilacs -- Athenaise -- A pair of silk stockings -- Neg Creol -- Elizabeth Stock's one story -- The storm: a sequel to "The 'Cadian Ball.". Nº de ref. del artículo: 024009

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