{"product_id":"9781411433762","title":"The Awakening and Selected Short Fiction (Barnes \u0026 Noble Classics Series)","description":"\u003ci\u003eThe Awakening and Selected Short Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e, by \u003cb\u003eKate Chopin\u003c\/b\u003e, is part of the \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eBarnes \u0026amp; Noble Classics\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eseries, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of \u003ci\u003eBarnes \u0026amp; Noble Classics\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew introductions commissioned from today's top writers and scholars \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBiographies of the authors \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChronologies of contemporary historical, biographical, and cultural events \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFootnotes and endnotes \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSelective discussions of imitations, parodies, poems, books, plays, paintings, operas, statuary, and films inspired by the work \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eComments by other famous authors \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStudy questions to challenge the reader's viewpoints and expectations \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBibliographies for further reading \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndices \u0026amp; Glossaries, when appropriate\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eAll editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. \u003ci\u003eBarnes \u0026amp; Noble Classics \u003c\/i\u003epulls together a constellation of influences—biographical, historical, and literary—to enrich each reader's understanding of these enduring works. When it first appeared in 1899, \u003cb\u003eKate Chopin’s\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Awakening\u003c\/i\u003e was greeted with cries of outrage. The novel’s frank portrayal of a woman’s emotional, intellectual, and sexual awakening shocked the sensibilities of the time and destroyed the author’s reputation and career. Many years passed before this short, pioneering work was recognized as a major achievement in American literature. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSet in and around New Orleans, \u003ci\u003eThe Awakening\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of Edna Pontellier, a young wife and mother who, determined to control her own life, flouts convention by moving out of her husband’s house, having an adulterous affair, and becoming an artist.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeautifully written, with sensuous imagery and vivid local descriptions, \u003ci\u003eThe Awakening\u003c\/i\u003e has lost none of its power to provoke and inspire. Additionally, this edition includes thirteen of Kate Chopin’s magnificent short stories. Stories Included in the Volume:\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Awakening\u003cbr\u003eEmancipation: A Life Fable\u003cbr\u003eA Shameful Affair\u003cbr\u003eAt the ‘Cadian Ball\u003cbr\u003eDésirée’s Baby\u003cbr\u003eA Gentleman of Bayou Têche\u003cbr\u003eA Respectable Woman\u003cbr\u003eThe Story of an Hour\u003cbr\u003eAthénaïse\u003cbr\u003eA Pair of Silk Stockings\u003cbr\u003eElizabeth Stock’s One Story\u003cbr\u003eThe Storm\u003cbr\u003eThe Godmother\u003cbr\u003eA Little Country Girl\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRachel Adams\u003c\/b\u003e teaches nineteenth and twentieth-century American literature at Columbia University. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47121707892976,"sku":"9781411433762","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781411433762_p0.jpg?v=1763723293","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781411433762","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}