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by Kate Chopin (Author), Carmen Maria Machado (Introduction by)
A new edition of Kate Chopin's controversial masterpiece, an essential novel in the canon of early feminism--with an introduction by Carmen Maria Machado, award-winning author of Her Body and Other Parties.
"Whatever came, she had resolved never again to belong to another than herself."
The Modern Library Torchbearers series features women who wrote on their own terms, with boldness, creativity, and a spirit of resistance.
Author Biography
Born and raised in St. Louis, Kate Chopin (1850-1904) married the son of a cotton grower and moved to Louisiana. A mother of six by the age of twenty-eight and a widow at thirty-two, she turned to writing to support her young family, publishing two novels and almost one hundred short stories.
Number of Pages: 240
Dimensions: 0.6 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN
Publication Date: June 18, 2019
Accelerated Reader:
Quiz Name: Awakening
Interest Level: Upper Grades, 9-12
Reading Level: 8.5
Point Value: 12
