Kate Chopin
Subtitle: The Dover Reader
Edition: Dover Thrift Edition
Publisher: Dover Publications
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Mineola, NY, USA
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 515
ISBN-13: 9780486791234
Copyright date: 2015
Description: A precursor of the twentieth century's feminist authors, Kate Chopin (1850–1904) wrote short stories and novels for children and adults. The St. Louis native lived in New Orleans for a dozen years and used Louisiana's Creole culture as an evocative setting for most of her tales. Many of Chopin's stories were well ahead of their time, and she achieved widespread acclaim only after her death.

This concise introduction to Chopin's works features the complete text of The Awakening, her best-known and most-studied novel, as well as an earlier novel, At Fault, and the essay "My Writing Method." A generous selection of short stories includes "Lilacs," "The Kiss," "A Respectable Woman," "A Pair of Silk Stockings," and 25 others.

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Table of contents: title: Nonfiction; title: My Writing Method (1899); title: Short Stories; title: Wiser than a God (December 1889); title: A No-Account Creole (1894); title: In and Out of Old Natchitoches (1894); title: In Sabine (1894); title: Beyond the Bayou (1894); title: A Rude Awakening (1894); title: De;sire;e’s Baby (1894); title: Madame Ce;lestin’s Divorce (1894); title: Love on the Bon-Dieu (1894); title: For Marse Chouchoute (1894); title: Ma’ame Pe;lagie (1894); title: At the ’Cadian Ball (1894); title: The Story of an Hour (Dec. 6, 1894); title: The Kiss (Jan. 17, 1895); title: Her Letters (April 11-18, 1895); title: Juanita (July 1895); title: Lilacs (1896); title: A Night in Acadie (1897); title: Athe;nai;se (1897); title: After the Winter (1897); title: Regret (1897); title: A Matter of Prejudice (1897); title: Ne;g Cre;ol (1897); title: The Lilies (1897); title: Dead Men’s Shoes (1897); title: Cavanelle (1897); title: A Respectable Woman (1897); title: Ripe Figs (1897); title: A Pair of Silk Stockings (Sept. 16, 1897); title: Novels; title: At Fault (1890); title: The Awakening (1897)