The Awakening - Couverture rigide

Chopin, Kate

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1857151321 ISBN 13 : 9781857151329

Editeur : Everyman, 1992

Synopsis

L'héroïne de cette histoire, Edna Pontellier, traverse les étapes d'une quête passionnante mais finalement tragique de la liberté personnelle. Lors de sa publication en 1899, ce livre traitait ouvertement de l'adultère, suscitant une tempête de controverses.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

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 mother was French Creole. In 1870 she married Oscar Chopin, a local cotton trader, and together they had six children. In 1882 Oscar died from swamp fever, leaving Kate a widow with a large family to support, and the heir to his sizeable debts. She turned to writing in order to support her young family, publishing her first short story in 1889. A number of her works were subsequently published in literary magazines and popular American periodicals, including Vogue.
Chopin published only two novels in her lifetime: At Fault and The Awakening. The Awakening, published in 1899, was largely condemned as vulgar and immoral by critics of the time. Dismayed by such a harsh reception, Chopin cut short her brief career as a novelist, and for the remainder of her life focused solely on writing short stories, poetry and reviews. Kate Chopin died on 22 August 1904 from a brain haemorrhage.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Everyman
• Date d'édition: 1992
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1857151321
• ISBN 13: 9781857151329
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 272
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