1387022008

9781387022007

06 Jun 2017

104

0.31

22.9 x 15.2 x 0.8

Kate Chopin was an American author whose works include two novels and nearly one hundred short stories. Chopin's close relationships with her female relatives--her mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother--provided inspiration for her strong female characters. Although some of her works were controversial at the time of publication, Chopin is now considered to have been ahead of her time and a precursor to the wave of feminist writing in the twentieth century. Chopin's most notable works include The Awakening, At Fault, and the short story "Desiree's Baby," which explores race relations in a