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An edition of The Awakening and Selected Stories (2015)

The Awakening

and Selected Stories

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  • 2 Want to read

This is the first paperback edition to bring out in one volume Kate Chopin's extraordinary novel The Awakening (1899), along with the complete text of her two collections of short stories, Bayou Folk (1894) and A Night in Acadie (1897), and twelve uncollected tales.

The Awakening is a strikingly modern, evocative story of self-discovery and female emancipation, set in the sensuous environment of Southern Louisiana, where the young Edna Pontellier reclaims her own individuality, refusing to be defined by her roles of wife and mother.

Chopin's stories are brilliantly observed, compassionate and often humorous, alert to the foibles, weaknesses and small triumphs of her characters. Overshadowed by the relatively recent fame of The Awakening, they contain some of the best work of this remarkably original author.
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impulse responsibility short story freedom selfhood self-fulfillment meaning of love short stories miscegenation Louisiana Creoles quadroons racism Social life and customs Fiction women Adultery Adultery in fiction American American fiction (fictional works by one author) American literature Classic Literature feminist fiction feminist literature History Interpersonal attraction Interpersonal relations Literary Anthologies literary fiction Man-woman relationships manners and customs Marriage Married people Married women Modern Literature psychological Psychological fiction Psychology Self-actualization (Psychology) Self-actualization (Psychology) in women Social conditions Women Manners and customs Fiction, women Louisiana, fiction

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Mrs. Sommers César François Xavier Louise Mallard Brently Mallard Josephine Richards Armand Aubigny Désirée Madame Valmont Sandrine La Blanche Jacqueline French P’tit Maître Old Mis' Cheri Doctor Bonfils Tante Chéri’s mother Edna Pontellier Léonce Pontellier Etienne Pontellier Raoul Pontellier Madame Aline Lebrun Robert Lebrun Victor Lebrun Mariequita Adèle Ratignolle Alphonse Ratignolle Mademoiselle Reisz Farival twins Monsieur Farival Beaudelet Madame Antoine Toni Antoine Old Celestine Ellen Joe Doctor Mandelet Alcée Arobin Mrs. Highcamp James Highcamp Mrs. Merriman Miss Mayblunt Gouvernail Madame Pontellier

Places

Mallard residence Louisiana L’Abri La Folle's cabin Bellissime New Orleans Grand Isle Chênière Caminada Gulf of Mexico Mexico New York City

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The end of the 19th century 19th century Antebellum era
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Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION
BIBLIOGRAPHY
THE AWAKENING
BAYOU FOLK
A No-Account Creole
In and Out of Old Natchitoches
In Sabine
A very Fine Fiddle
Beyond the Bayou
Old Aunt Peggy
The Return of Alcibiade
A Rude Avakening
The Bénitous Slave
Désirée's Baby
A Turkey Hunt
Madame Célestin's Divorce
Love on the Bon-Dieu
Loka
Boulöt and Boulotte
For Marse Chouchoute
A Visit to Avoyelles
A Wizard from Gettysburg
Ma'ame Pélagie
At the 'Cadian Ball
La Belle Zoraide
A Gentleman of Bayou Téche
A Lady of Bayou StJohn
A NIGHT IN ACADIE
A Night in Acadie
Athénafse
After the Winter
Polydore
Regret
A Matter of Prejudice
Caline
A Dresden Lady in Dixie
Nég Créol
The Lilies
Azélie
Mamouche
A Sentimental Soul
Dead Men's Shoes
At Chéniére Caminada
Odalie Misses Mass
Cavanelle
Tante Cat'rinette
A Respectable Woman
Ripe Figs
Ozeme's Holiday
UNCOLLECTED STORIES
Wiser Than a God
A Point at Issue!
Mrs Mobry's Reason
The Maid of Saint Phillippe
Dr Chevalier's Lie
The Story of an Hour
Lilacs
The Kiss
Her Letters
Fedora
A Pair of Silk Stockings
An Egyptian Cigarette
GLOSSARY
NOTES

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Published in
Ware, Hertfordshire
Copyright Date
2015

Classifications

Library of Congress
PS1294.C63 A9, PS1294.C63

The Physical Object

Format
paperback
Pagination
xxxvi, 508 pages
Number of pages
508

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL35261291M
ISBN 10
184022584X
ISBN 13
9781840225846
OCLC/WorldCat
1252938954, 951144901
Goodreads
59337369

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OL26125409W

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Contains:
THE AWAKENING
BAYOU FOLK
A No-Account Creole
In and Out of Old Natchitoches
In Sabine
A very Fine Fiddle
Beyond the Bayou
Old Aunt Peggy
The Return of Alcibiade
A Rude Avakening
The Bénitous Slave
Désirée's Baby
A Turkey Hunt
Madame Célestin's Divorce
Love on the Bon-Dieu
Loka
Boulöt and Boulotte
For Marse Chouchoute
A Visit to Avoyelles
A Wizard from Gettysburg
Ma'ame Pélagie
At the 'Cadian Ball
La Belle Zoraide
A Gentleman of Bayou Téche
A Lady of Bayou StJohn
A NIGHT IN ACADIE
A Night in Acadie
Athénafse
After the Winter
Polydore
Regret
A Matter of Prejudice
Caline
A Dresden Lady in Dixie
Nég Créol
The Lilies
Azélie
Mamouche
A Sentimental Soul
Dead Men's Shoes
At Chéniére Caminada
Odalie Misses Mass
Cavanelle
Tante Cat'rinette
A Respectable Woman
Ripe Figs
Ozeme's Holiday
UNCOLLECTED STORIES
Wiser Than a God
A Point at Issue!
Mrs Mobry's Reason
The Maid of Saint Phillippe
Dr Chevalier's Lie
The Story of an Hour
Lilacs
The Kiss
Her Letters
Fedora
A Pair of Silk Stockings
An Egyptian Cigarette

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