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Enriched Classics offer readers accessible editions of great works of literature enhanced by helpful notes and commentary. Each book includes educational tools alongside the text, enabling students and readers alike to gain a deeper and more developed understanding of the writer and their work.

When The Awakening was first published in 1899, critical outcry proved so vociferous that the novel was banned for decades. Now praised as a classic of early feminist literature, Kate Chopin’s final work rejects conventional female roles and celebrates a woman’s journey towards self-awareness. As the heroine, Edna Pontellier, awakens to her own desires, she begins to question her ideas about marriage, motherhood, society, art, and the nature of love itself. A milestone in American fiction, The Awakening is an unforgettably poignant novel of self-discovery that has inspired generations of readers.

Enriched Classics enhance your engagement by introducing and explaining the historical and cultural significance of the work, the author’s personal history, and what impact this book had on subsequent scholarship. Each book includes discussion questions that help clarify and reinforce major themes and reading recommendations for further research.

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"Flexible, iridescent style."--Willa Cather
"As pertinent as any fiction this year or last. It is uncanny, nothing else."--"The New York Times"

Flexible, iridescent style. Willa Cather
As pertinent as any fiction this year or last. It is uncanny, nothing else. "The New York Times""

Flexible, iridescent style. Willa Cather
As pertinent as any fiction this year or last. It is uncanny, nothing else. The New York Times"

"Flexible, iridescent style."--Willa Cather
"As pertinent as any fiction this year or last. It is uncanny, nothing else."--The New York Times

-Flexible, iridescent style.---Willa Cather
-As pertinent as any fiction this year or last. It is uncanny, nothing else.---The New York Times

"Flexible, iridescent style."--Willa Cather

"As pertinent as any fiction this year or last. It is uncanny, nothing else."--The New York Times --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

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akening shocked turn-of-the-century readers and reviewers with its treatment of sex and suicide. In a departure 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 convention are themes of this now-classic novel.

The book was influenced by French writers ranging from Flaubert to Maupassant, and can be seen as a precursor of the impressionistic, mood-driven novels of Virginia Woolf and Djuna Barnes. Variously called "vulgar," "unhealthily introspective," and "morbid," the book was neglected for several decades, not least because it was written by a "regional" woman writer. This edition also includes selected stories from Kate Chopin's Bayou Folk&l --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

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Katherine O'Flaherty (1850 – 1904), known by her married name Kate Chopin, was an American author of short stories and novels. In 1899, her second novel, The Awakening, was published to much outrage and harsh criticism based upon moral, rather than literary, standards. --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Simon & Schuster; Enriched Classic edition (21 July 2014)

Language ‏ : ‎ English

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Born and raised in St. Louis, Kate Chopin (1850-1904) moved to Louisiana to marry the son of a cotton grower. 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. She is best known today for The Awakening (1899), a portrait of marriage and motherhood so controversial it fell out of print shortly after publication and was not rediscovered until the 1960s.
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Ceo
Dodgy text in the version; avoid
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 3 May 2020
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Don't download this version. It has been put through some form of translation system I think. Use the free sample option to see what I mean. I've returned and purchased alternative copy.

Story itself though is excellent and worth a read.
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This version is unreadable. It’s as if a translation of the book was translated back into English by computer. ‘A green and yellow parrot’ became ‘an inexperienced and yellow parrot’ in this version. Amazon should remove this from its store as it is seriously substandard.
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A level study text
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Prima di acquistare questo orrore avrei dovuto solo cominciare a leggere l’estratto che Amazon offre ai suoi clienti, oppure la recensione messa in rete il 25 giugno 2019 da un Cliente Amazon degli USA, che io riferisco lasciando nell’originale le citazioni testuali:

“Una stella solo perché non posso non darne nessuna. Il testo nella versione che ho comprato non era il testo originale, ma qualcosa che sembrava essere stato messo attraverso la traduzione automatica: ad esempio "He should speak a touch Spanish, and additionally a language which no person understood, except it became the mocking-chicken that hung on the alternative aspect of the door, whistling his fluty notes out upon the breeze with maddening endurance" (originale: He could speak a little Spanish, and also a language which nobody understood, unless it was the mocking-bird that hung on the other side of the door, whistling his fluty notes out upon the breeze with maddening persistence.) Il libro non è leggibile e mi fa male aver pagato anche un prezzo minimo per qualcosa che sembra essere liberamente disponibile. Controlla un campione/guarda nel libro prima di acquistare e scegli una versione migliore!”

Quello che viene qui citato è il testo contenuto tra la quarta e la settima riga. Troppo poco e troppo presto per giudicare? Continuate a scandagliare l’estratto, e riga dopo riga troverete altre perle. La più sorprendente è “he now had time to read before quitting New Orleans the day earlier than.” Proprio così: “the day earlier than.” invece di “the day before.”

Amazon mi ha permesso di rendere questo obbrobrio, per il quale non ho voluto sprecare neanche la miseria di 2,99 euro.
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Tejas Nair
Pretty average.
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The print and binding is average, because the content is not nicely managed inside. Dark typeface on huey paper is average work.
If you can't find any other edition for a cost (near INR 150), go for this.

Simon & Schuster classics are all printed and bound this way.
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