Chopin, Kate

Presents an annotated edition of the 1899 novel about a Victorian-era woman who finds passionate physical love with a young man she meets while on vacation; and includes biographical, historical, and cultural documents related to the novel's publication, and a selection of critical essays.

In the summer of the 1890s, Edna Pontellier and her children vacation in the coastal town of Grand Isle, Louisiana, and, unsatisfied with her marriage and her role as parent, she has an affair which arouses and renews her soul.

Contains the title work about a Victorian-era wife and mother who becomes enamored with a young man she meets while on vacation, and includes twelve additional short stories by nineteenth-century American author Kate Chopin.

A collection of twenty-three stories by nineteenth-century American author Kate Chopin, telling tales of passion, decadence, and sensuality.

Edna Pontellier, a young married woman with two small children gradually awakens, to her individuality and sexuality and experiences love outside of her passionless marriage.

A collection of short stories by Kate Chopin that highlight daily life in rural Louisiana.