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The Awakening, and Selected Short Stories

Kate Chopin

  • Novel
  • Book language: English
  • 169 pages

This collection brings together Kate Chopin’s novel The Awakening and a selection of her short stories. The novel follows Edna Pontellier, a married woman in Louisiana, as she questions social expectations and seeks a life of her own. The stories portray women and Creole communities, exploring duty, desire, and independence.

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The Awakening
and Selected Short
Stories
by Kate Chopin
Contents
THE AWAKENING
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII
IX
X
XI

XII
XIII
XIV
XV
XVI
XVII
XVIII
XIX
XX
XXI
XXII
XXIII
XXIV
XXV
XXVI
XXVII
XXVIII
XXIX
XXX
XXXI
XXXII
XXXIII
XXXIV
XXXV
XXXVI
XXXVII
XXXVIII
XXXIX
BEYOND THE BAYOU

MA’AME PÉLAGIE
I
II
III
IV
DÉSIRÉE’S BABY
A RESPECTABLE WOMAN
THE KISS
A PAIR OF SILK STOCKINGS
THE LOCKET
I
II
A REFLECTION

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Contents

  1. The Awakening and Selected Short Stories
  2. Contents
  3. THE AWAKENING
  4. BEYOND THE BAYOU
  5. MA’AME PÉLAGIE
  6. DÉSIRÉE’S BABY
  7. A RESPECTABLE WOMAN
  8. THE KISS
  9. A PAIR OF SILK STOCKINGS
  10. THE LOCKET
  11. A REFLECTION
  12. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE

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