{"product_id":"the-awakening-9781935554127","title":"The Awakening","description":"\u003cb\u003eShe wanted to swim far out, where no woman had swum before.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCondemned as \"sordid\" and \"immoral\" on its publication in 1899, this story of a woman trapped in her marriage effectively ended Chopin's career but was revived as a proto-feminist classic in the 1970s. What \u003ci\u003eNewsweek \u003c\/i\u003ecalls Chopin's \"prophetic psychology\" ensures its timeliness today. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eThe Art of The Novella Series \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Too short to be a novel, too long to be a short story, the novella is generally unrecognized by academics and publishers. Nonetheless, it is a form beloved and practiced by literature's greatest writers. In the Art Of The Novella series, Melville House celebrates this renegade art form and its practitioners with titles that are, in many instances, presented in book form for the first time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKate Chopin\u003c\/b\u003e lived in Louisiana during her marriage and began to write after her husband's death. In addition to \u003ci\u003eThe Awakening\u003c\/i\u003e, she wrote a novel, \u003ci\u003eAt Fault\u003c\/i\u003e, and more than 100 short stories.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Melville House Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50557221994770,"sku":"9781935554127","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_917374c2-ea4b-4231-a5e6-ac3655b5a0c7.jpg?v=1748698825","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-awakening-9781935554127","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}