The Awakening x{0026} Selected Stories

Resumen del libro

Kate Chopin was one of the most individual and adventurous of nineteenth-century American writers, whose fiction explored new and often starting territory. When her most famous story, "The Awakening", was first published in 1899, it stunned readers with its frank portrayal of the inner word of Edna Pontellier, and its daring criticisms of the limits of marriage and motherhood. From her first stories, Chopin was interested in independent characters who challenged convention.

Biografía del autor

Kate Chopin (1850-1904) forma parte del reducido grupo de escritoras que empezaron a dar voz propia a la mujer en la literatura moderna y cuya valía a menudo se ha visto oscurecida por la censura o el escándalo. Completan el volumen importantes relatos ( En el baile acadiano , Una mujer respetable , Fedora , El niño de Désirée , La historia de una hora , Lilas , Athénaïse , Un par de medias de seda , La tormenta ) que ofrecen una panorámica completa de las preocupaciones y el mundo de la autora.