{"product_id":"the-awakening-and-selected-stories-9780593468791","title":"The Awakening and Selected Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eA feminist literary landmark: the daring story of a woman's search for personal freedom that was so controversial in 1899 that it ended its author's career. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith an effortless, sure-handed artistry, Kate Chopin tells the story of Edna Pontellier, a young mother and model wife, whose romantic involvement with a young man at a seaside resort allows her for the first time to imagine a freer life. Upon her return to New Orleans, Edna leaves her husband's home for her own cottage, pursues her artistic ambitions, and begins an affair, only to discover that the constraints of social custom are more powerful than she had thought. Contemporary readers were shocked by the frank, unapologetic treatment of adultery in \u003ci\u003eThe Awakening\u003c\/i\u003e, but over the ensuing century the novel went on to achieve the status of a classic for its visionary prescience and narrative brilliance.\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKATE CHOPIN\u003c\/b\u003e (1851-1904) brought out her first novel, \u003ci\u003eAt Fault\u003c\/i\u003e, at her own expense in 1890. It was followed by two well-reviewed collections of her short stories: \u003ci\u003eBayou Folk\u003c\/i\u003e in 1894 and \u003ci\u003eA Night in Acadie\u003c\/i\u003e in 1897. \u003ci\u003eThe Awakening\u003c\/i\u003e appeared in 1899 to an explosion of disapproving reviews and the cancellation of her next book contract. However, within a decade of her early death at the age of fifty-four, her literary genius began to be widely recognized. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eABOUT THE INTRODUCER: JANE SMILEY \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of numerous novels, including \u003ci\u003eA Thousand Acres, \u003c\/i\u003e which was awarded the Pulitzer Prize, and the Last Hundred Years Trilogy: \u003ci\u003eSome Luck, Early Warning, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGolden Age. H\u003c\/i\u003eer most recent novels are \u003ci\u003ePerestroika in Paris\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Dangerous Business\u003c\/i\u003e. A member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, she has also received the PEN Center USA Lifetime Achievement Award for Literature.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50611683131666,"sku":"9780593468791","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_819726b0-85e5-41fd-91d4-a1821fff9334.jpg?v=1748525072","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-awakening-and-selected-stories-9780593468791","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}