{"product_id":"the-awakening-introduction-by-elaine-showalter-hardcover","title":"The Awakening: Introduction by Elaine Showalter - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKate Chopin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eElaine Showalter\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKate Chopin's riveting, daring story of one woman's search for personal freedom was so far ahead of its time that its publication in 1899 aroused a storm of controversy violent enough to end its author's career. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith an effortless, sure-handed artistry, Chopin tells the story of Edna Pontellier, a young mother and model wife, whose romantic involvement with a young man during a vacation at a seaside resort allows her for the first time to imagine a new, freer life. Upon her return to New Orleans, Edna leaves her husband's home for her own cottage and begins an affair, only to discover that the constraints of social custom may be more powerful than she thought. Contemporary readers and reviewers were shocked by the frank, unapologetic treatment of adultery in \u003ci\u003eThe Awakening\u003c\/i\u003e. The fact that we have the book at all is the most convincing tribute to its enduring, irrepressible power. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIntroduction by Elaine Showalter \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eKate Chopin (1851-1904) did not begin to write until she was thirty-six years old. Up to that time, her life gave no hint of either literary talent or literary ambition. Yet after the publication of her first stories in 1889, she enjoyed ten years of a productive, serious, and fairly successful career. Her first novel, \u003ci\u003eAt Fault\u003c\/i\u003e (1890), had difficulty finding a publisher, so she brought it out at her own expense and sent review copies to important journals. Her short stories--close to a hundred of them--were published for the most part in prestigious national magazines. They gave her a solid reputation as a gifted 'local color' writer--that is, an author specializing in the depiction of a particular region of the country and its inhabitants. From these many stories, she culled two well-reviewed collections: \u003ci\u003eBayou Folk\u003c\/i\u003e in 1894 and \u003ci\u003eA Night in Acadie \u003c\/i\u003ein 1897. \u003ci\u003eThe Awakening\u003c\/i\u003e, now her best-known work, appeared in 1899. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCritics of Chopin's own day disapproved of the sexual frankness of \u003ci\u003eThe Awakening\u003c\/i\u003e and were especially disturbed by the narrator's neutrality toward the unconventional behavior of Edna Pontellier, the heroine. All reviews of the novel were unfavorable. Soon after this setback, a planned third collection of short stories was rejected by a publisher, and Kate Chopin essentially ceased to write. In poor health, she died some five years after \u003ci\u003eThe Awakening\u003c\/i\u003e appeared. She was only fifty-three.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.88 x 8.33 x 5.25 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 03, 1992\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Awakening\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Grades, 9-12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8.5\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51756914671904,"sku":"9780679417217","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/bdc9670c82f3975cb5db9b89fc99d74a.webp?v=1780089091","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-awakening-introduction-by-elaine-showalter-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}