Kate Chopin was born in St Louis, Missouri on 8 Feb 1850. Born Katherine O'Flaherty, she grew up in a predominantly female household after her father died when she was just four years old. Her father was an Irish immigrant, and her...

„Das Erwachen“ von Barbara Becker ist ein Roman, der sich mit den Themen Selbstfindung und persönlicher Transformation auseinandersetzt. Die Protagonistin des Buches steht an einem Wendepunkt in ihrem Leben und wird durch verschiedene...

"More Great American Stories: Die amerikanischen Originalfassungen ungekürzt" ist eine Sammlung von klassischen amerikanischen Kurzgeschichten von Edith Wharton und anderen renommierten Autoren. Das Buch enthält die ungekürzte...

This book is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS series. The creators of this series are united by passion for literature and driven by the intention of making all public domain books available in printed format again - worldwide. At...

"She grew daring and reckless. Overestimating her strength. She wanted to swim far out. Where no woman had swum before." von Chopin, Kate

Katherine O'Flaherty (1850-1904), known by her married name Kate Chopin, was an American author of short stories and novels. In 1899, her second novel, The Awakening, was published to much outrage and harsh criticism based upon moral,...

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Kate Chopin (born Katherine O'Flaherty) (1850-1904) was an American author of short stories and novels, mostly of a Louisiana Creole background. She is now considered to have been a forerunner of feminist authors of the 20th century....

These Pocket Books Enriched Classics editions feature concise Introductions that give important background information; a chronology of the author's life and career; a timeline of significant events that provide the book's historical...

Kate Chopin's groundbreaking depiction of a woman who dares to defy the expectations of society in the pursuit of her desireWhen The Awakening was first published in 1899, charges of sordidness and immorality seemed to consign it into...

First published in 1899, this beautiful, brief novel so disturbed critics and the public that it was banished for decades afterward. Now widely read and admired, The Awakening has been hailed as an early vision of woman's emancipation....