Kate Chopin Books In Order

Standalone Novels In Publication Order

  1. At Fault (1890)
  2. The Awakening (1899)

Short Stories/Novellas In Publication Order

  1. Desiree’s Baby (1893)
  2. The Story of an Hour (1894)
  3. A Pair of Silk Stockings (1897)
  4. Athenaise (1996)
  5. Story of Regret (2018)

Collections In Publication Order

  1. A Shameful Affair and Other Stories (1891)
  2. The Father of Desiree’s Baby and Other Stories (1893)
  3. The Kiss and Other Stories (1897)
  4. The Complete Works of Kate Chopin (1899)
  5. The Awakening and Selected Stories of Kate Chopin (1976)
  6. A Vocation and a Voice (1991)
  7. Matter of Prejudice and Other Stories (1992)
  8. The Awakening & Other Stories (1995)
  9. A Pair of Silk Stockings and Other Stories (1996)
  10. Kate Chopin’s Private Papers (1998)
  11. The Awakening and Selected Stories (2000)
  12. Lilacs and Other Stories (2005)
  13. A Night in Acadie (2009)
  14. A Collection of Kate Chopin’s Short Stories (2013)
  15. Bayou Folk and A Night in Acadie and Other Stories (2013)
  16. A December Day in Dixie and Other Works (2015)
  17. The Storm, Dead Men’s Shoes and Other Short Stories (2015)

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Kate Chopin Books Overview

At Fault

This is an electronic edition of the complete book complemented by author biography. This book features the table of contents linked to every chapter. The book was designed for optimal navigation on the Kindle, PDA, Smartphone, and other electronic readers. It is formatted to display on all electronic devices including the Kindle, Smartphones and other Mobile Devices with a small display. Kate Chopin born Katherine O’Flaherty February 8, 1850 August 22, 1904 was an American author of short stories and novels, mostly of a Louisiana Creole background. She is now considered by some to have been a forerunner of feminist authors of the 20th century. From 1869 to 1902, she wrote short stories for both children and adults which were published in such magazines as Atlantic Monthly, Vogue, the Century, and Harper’s Youth’s Companion. Her major works were two short story collections, Bayou Folk 1894 and A Night in Acadie 1897. Her important short stories included ‘Desiree’s Baby,’ a tale of miscegenation in antebellum Louisiana published in 1893; ‘The Story of an Hour’ 1894, and ‘The Storm ‘1898. ‘The Storm’ is a sequel to ‘The ‘Cadian Ball,’ which appeared in her first collection of short stories, Bayou Folk. Chopin also wrote two novels: At Fault 1890 and The Awakening 1899, which is set in New Orleans and Grand Isle, respectively. The people in her stories are usually inhabitants of Louisiana. Many of her works are set in Natchitoches in north central Louisiana. Excerpted from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. More e Books from MobileReference Best Books. Best Price. Best Search and Navigation TM All fiction books are only $0. 99. All collections are only $5. 99Designed for optimal navigation on Kindle and other electronic devices Search for any title: enter mobi shortened MobileReference and a keyword; for example: mobi ShakespeareTo view all books, click on the MobileReference link next to a book title Literary Classics: Over 10,000 complete works by Shakespeare, Jane Austen, Mark Twain, Conan Doyle, Jules Verne, Dickens, Tolstoy, and other authors. All books feature hyperlinked table of contents, footnotes, and author biography. Books are also available as collections, organized by an author. Collections simplify book access through categorical, alphabetical, and chronological indexes. They offer lower price, convenience of one time download, and reduce clutter of titles in your digital library. Religion: The Illustrated King James Bible, American Standard Bible, World English Bible Modern Translation, Mormon Church’s Sacred Texts Philosophy: Rousseau, Spinoza, Plato, Aristotle, Marx, Engels Travel Guides and Phrasebooks for All Major Cities: New York, Paris, London, Rome, Venice, Prague, Beijing, Greece Medical Study Guides: Anatomy and Physiology, Pharmacology, Abbreviations and Terminology, Human Nervous System, Biochemistry College Study Guides: FREE Weight and Measures, Physics, Math, Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Statistics, Languages, Philosophy, Psychology, Mythology History: Art History, American Presidents, U.S. History, Encyclopedias of Roman Empire, Ancient Egypt Health: Acupressure Guide, First Aid Guide, Art of Love, Cookbook, Co*cktails, Astrology Reference: The World’s Biggest Mobile Encyclopedia; CIA World Factbook, Illustrated Encyclopedias of Birds, Mammals

The Awakening

Edna Pontellier and her husband are vacationing with their two boys at a resort in Grand Isle. Edna is an upper middle class woman who has married into the Creole elite when she begins to believe that there is more to life than societal status and frivolous wealth. At Grand Isle she enters into an extramarital relationship with Robert LeBrun, the son of the woman who runs the resort. She flirts with Robert and seeks his support of her dissatisfaction with materialism, until he realizes it is apparent that something must be done to shake her constant attention to him. He ‘decides’ to go to Mexico. Edna is lonesome when he leaves, but on her return to New Orleans with her family, she suddenly starts to do things differently: she will not receive guests or makes social calls; she starts drawing and painting; she takes lessons on the piano with the notoriously unpleasant Mademoiselle Reisz who also listens to Edna’s reading of Robert’s letters. Her husband leaves for New York on a long business trip, and Edna sees her chance to move out of his house into a place of her own. She throws herself a going away party and discovers that Robert is returning. She is then called to her friend Adele’s house to help with the delivery of her latest child. Being witness to the birth has a terrible effect on Edna. In the meantime, she learns that Robert, despite all his promises of love, has left her. She experiences an ‘awakening’ of her awareness of the truth surrounding her entire situation. She travels alone to Grand Isle, goes out swimming, naked, into the ocean, giving herself over to memories of the past and to drowing.

The Father of Desiree’s Baby and Other Stories

Kate Chopin born Katherine O’Flaherty 1850 1904 was an American author of short stories and novels, mostly of a Louisiana Creole background. She is now considered to have been a forerunner of feminist authors of the 20th century. From 1889 to 1902, she wrote short stories for both children and adults which were published in such magazines as Atlantic Monthly, Vogue, The Century, and Harper’s Youth’s Companion. Her major works were two short story collections, Bayou Folk 1894 and A Night in Acadie 1897. Her important short stories included The Father of D sir e’s Baby, a tale of miscegenation in antebellum Louisiana; The Story of an Hour and The Storm. Chopin also wrote two novels: At Fault 1890 and The Awakening 1899, which is set in New Orleans and Grand Isle. The people in her stories are usually inhabitants of Louisiana. Many of her works are set about Natchitoches in north central Louisiana. In time, literary critics determined that Chopin addressed the concerns of women in all places and for all times in her literature.

The Complete Works of Kate Chopin

In 1969, Per Seyersted gave the world the first collected works of Kate Chopin. Seyersted’s presentation of Chopin s writings and biographical and bibliographical information led to the rediscovery and celebration of this turn of the century author. Newsweek hailed the two volume opus ‘In story after story and in all her novels, Kate Chopin s oracular feminism and prophetic psychology almost outweigh her estimable literary talents. Her revival is both interesting and timely.’ Now for the first time, Seyersted s Complete Works is available in a single volume paperback. It is the first and only paperback edition of Chopin s total oeuvre. Containing twenty poems, ninety six stories, two novels, and thirteen essays in short, everything Chopin wrote except several additional poems and three unfinished children s stories as well as Seyersted s original revelatory introduction and Edmund Wilson s foreword, this anthology is both a historical and a literary achievement. It is ideal for anyone who wishes to explore the pleasures of reading this highly acclaimed author. AUTHOR BIO: Per Seyersted also published in 1969 Kate Chopin: A Critical Biography, which remains in print. He lived from 1921 2005 and was a professor of American literature at the University of Oslo.

The Awakening and Selected Stories of Kate Chopin

‘The Awakening’ is the story of Edna Pontellier, an attractive twenty eight year old woman who is a wife and mother of two sons living in the Creole south in the late 19th century. Edna finds herself trapped in her life as a wife and a mother and feels unable to express her passionate sensuality within the confines of her marriage. She seeks a spiritual and sexual awakening through an affair with a younger man during one summer while her husband is away. Liberated by this experience she sends her children away and is determined to live a more independent and self determined life. However this new found independence also becomes her downfall as her actions are looked down upon by the members of her society in the late 19th century south. ‘The Awakening’ is a classic modern example of the tragic hero. It illustrates the confines of late 19th century America for women and the beginning of an era of changing social attitudes towards the role of women in society. Chopin’s novel was meet with great criticism when it was first published and essentially ended her literary career. The reaction to its publication is indicative of the social attitude towards greater independence and freedom for women at the time. At the same time the novel was a harbinger of the greater independence that was soon to come for women in America. Also contained within this volume is a collection of eight shorter works by the author.

A Vocation and a Voice

First published in 1899, this beautiful, brief novel so disturbed critics and the public that it was banished for decades afterward. Now widely read and admired, ‘The Awakening’ has been hailed as an early vision of woman’s emancipation. This sensuous book tells of a woman’s abandonment of her family, her seduction, and her awakening to desires and passions that threated to consumer her. Originally entitled ‘A Solitary Soul, ‘ this portrait of twenty eight year old Edna Pontellier is a landmark in American fiction, rooted firmly in the romantic tradition of Herman Melville and Emily Dickinson. Here, a woman in search of self discovery turns away from convention and society, and toward the primal, from convention and society, and toward the primal, irresistibly attracted to nature and the senses ‘The Awakening,’ Kate Chopin’s last novel, has been praised by Edmund Wilson as ‘beautifully written.’ And Willa Cather described its style as ‘exquisite, ‘ ‘sensitive, ‘ and ‘iridescent.’ This edition of ‘The Awakening’ also includes a selection of short stories by Kate Chopin. ‘This seems to me a higher order of feminism than repeating the story of woman as victim…
Kate Chopin gives her female protagonist the central role, normally reserved for Man, in a meditation on identity and culture, consciousness and art.’ From the introduction by Marilynne Robinson.

The Awakening & Other Stories

Edna Pontellier and her husband are vacationing with their two boys at a resort in Grand Isle. Edna is an upper middle class woman who has married into the Creole elite when she begins to believe that there is more to life than societal status and frivolous wealth. At Grand Isle she enters into an extramarital relationship with Robert LeBrun, the son of the woman who runs the resort. She flirts with Robert and seeks his support of her dissatisfaction with materialism, until he realizes it is apparent that something must be done to shake her constant attention to him. He ‘decides’ to go to Mexico. Edna is lonesome when he leaves, but on her return to New Orleans with her family, she suddenly starts to do things differently: she will not receive guests or makes social calls; she starts drawing and painting; she takes lessons on the piano with the notoriously unpleasant Mademoiselle Reisz who also listens to Edna’s reading of Robert’s letters. Her husband leaves for New York on a long business trip, and Edna sees her chance to move out of his house into a place of her own. She throws herself a going away party and discovers that Robert is returning. She is then called to her friend Adele’s house to help with the delivery of her latest child. Being witness to the birth has a terrible effect on Edna. In the meantime, she learns that Robert, despite all his promises of love, has left her. She experiences an ‘awakening’ of her awareness of the truth surrounding her entire situation. She travels alone to Grand Isle, goes out swimming, naked, into the ocean, giving herself over to memories of the past and to drowing.

A Pair of Silk Stockings and Other Stories

Nine realistic portraits of black and white inhabitants of Louisiana’s bayou and urban areas, among them ‘A Night in Acadie,’ ‘A Respectable Woman,’ ‘The Dream of an Hour’ and the title story. Written with grace, delicate humor and a keen understanding of the female psyche.

Kate Chopin’s Private Papers

‘Toth and Seyersted’s well organized, carefully edited volume makes available all manuscripts and related items from all archival collections…
. This volume is essential for American literature collections.’ ChoiceAn edition of the primarily unpublished papers of Kate Chopin, author of the feminist classic The Awakening. These papers illuminate the growth of Chopin as a writer, reveal the reactions of critics to her work, and settle a number of controversies in Chopin studies.

The Awakening and Selected Stories

‘The Awakening’ is the story of Edna Pontellier, an attractive twenty eight year old woman who is a wife and mother of two sons living in the Creole south in the late 19th century. Edna finds herself trapped in her life as a wife and a mother and feels unable to express her passionate sensuality within the confines of her marriage. She seeks a spiritual and sexual awakening through an affair with a younger man during one summer while her husband is away. Liberated by this experience she sends her children away and is determined to live a more independent and self determined life. However this new found independence also becomes her downfall as her actions are looked down upon by the members of her society in the late 19th century south. ‘The Awakening’ is a classic modern example of the tragic hero. It illustrates the confines of late 19th century America for women and the beginning of an era of changing social attitudes towards the role of women in society. Chopin’s novel was meet with great criticism when it was first published and essentially ended her literary career. The reaction to its publication is indicative of the social attitude towards greater independence and freedom for women at the time. At the same time the novel was a harbinger of the greater independence that was soon to come for women in America. Also contained within this volume is a collection of eight shorter works by the author.

Lilacs and Other Stories

Like many of Kate Chopin’s other well received short stories of Creole and Acadian life, these memorable tales are filled with fascinating characters, idiosyncratic customs, and sometimes shocking details. In addition to ‘Lilacs,’ a heartfelt and simple tale of love, life, and devotion, the collection includes 23 other distinctive tales of Southern life.

A Night in Acadie

Kate Chopin born Katherine O’Flaherty 1850 1904 was an American author of short stories and novels, mostly of a Louisiana Creole background. She is now considered to have been a forerunner of feminist authors of the 20th century. From 1889 to 1902, she wrote short stories for both children and adults which were published in such magazines as Atlantic Monthly, Vogue, The Century, and Harper’s Youth’s Companion. Her major works were two short story collections, Bayou Folk 1894 and A Night in Acadie 1897. Her important short stories included The Father of Desiree’s Baby, a tale of miscegenation in antebellum Louisiana; The Story of an Hour and The Storm. Chopin also wrote two novels: At Fault 1890 and The Awakening 1899, which is set in New Orleans and Grand Isle. The people in her stories are usually inhabitants of Louisiana. Many of her works are set about Natchitoches in north central Louisiana. In time, literary critics determined that Chopin addressed the concerns of women in all places and for all times in her literature.

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