When first published in 1899, The Awakening shocked readers with its honest treatment of female marital infidelity. Audiences accustomed to the pieties of late Victorian romantic fiction were taken aback by Chopin’s daring portrayal of a woman trapped in a stifling marriage, who seeks and finds passionate physical love outside the confines of her domestic situation.
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Kate Chopin, born Katherine O’Flaherty (February 8, 1850 – August 22, 1904), was a U. S. author of short stories and novels based in Louisiana. She is now considered by some scholars to have been a forerunner of American 20th-century feminist authors of Southern or Catholic background, such as Zelda Fitzgerald.
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Język Angielski ● Format EPUB ● Strony 195 ● ISBN 9783963767708 ● Rozmiar pliku 0.8 MB ● Wydawca Aeterna Classics ● Miasto Vachendorf ● Kraj DE ● Opublikowany 2018 ● Do pobrania 24 miesięcy ● Waluta EUR ● ID 6240098 ● Ochrona przed kopiowaniem Społeczny DRM