by Kate Chopin (Author), Bernard Koloski (Editor), Bernard Koloski (Introduction by)In one volume, the two short-story collections that established Kate... Read more
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by Kate Chopin (Author), Bernard Koloski (Editor), Bernard Koloski (Introduction by)
In one volume, the two short-story collections that established Kate Chopin as one of America's best-loved realist writers.
For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.Kate Chopin (1850-1904) was born in St. Louis. She moved to Louisiana where she wrote two novels and numerous stories. Because The Awakening was widely condemned, publication of Chopin's third story collection was cancelled. The Awakening was rediscovered by scholars in the 1960s and 1970s and is her best-known work.