{"product_id":"the-awakening-and-selected-stories-9780679783336","title":"The Awakening and Selected Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eIntroduction by Kaye Gibbons\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eEdited and with notes by Nina Baym\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eCommentary by Elizabeth Blackwell, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Charlotte Perkins Gilman, and from \u003ci\u003eThe Picayune's Creole Cook Book\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Awakening \u003c\/i\u003eshocked turn-of-the-century readers with its forthright treatment of sex and suicide. Departing from literary convention, Kate Chopin failed to condemn her heroine's desire for an affair with the son of a Louisiana resort owner whom she meets on vacation. The power of sensuality, the delusion of ecstatic love, and the solitude that accompanies the trappings of middle- and upper-class life are the themes of this now-classic novel. As Kaye Gibbons points out in her Introduction, Chopin \"was writing American realism before most Americans could bear to hear that they were living it.\" This edition includes selected stories from Chopin's \u003ci\u003eBayou Folk \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eA Night in Acadie\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eIncludes a Modern Library Reading Group Guide\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Random House Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/14\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780679783336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.82lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.30w x 0.96d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader Quiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e50679 \/ Awakening and Other Stories\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.3 \/ \u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade \/ \u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 17\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Kate Chopin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44507346960565,"sku":"9780679783336","price":7.65,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_a9c660db-581e-4f48-830b-f628ba153acb.jpg?v=1722311871","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-awakening-and-selected-stories-9780679783336","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}