"In works set on ruined Louisiana plantations and in bustling New Orleans, Kate Chopin wrote with unblinking honesty about the strictures of propriety, the illusions of love and the realities of marriage, and the persistence of a past scarred by slavery and war. Her stories challenged contemporary mores as much by their sensuousness as their politics. Complete Novels and Stories gathers all of Chopin's extraordinary fiction for the first time." "The volume also contains stories Chopin never collected, including those meant for "A Vocation and a Voice," a book canceled by her publisher in 1900; stories Chopin never tried to publish, such as the erotically daring "The Storm"; and "Ti Frere," "A Horse Story," and "Alexandre's Wonderful Experience," the stories found in a long-lost cache of Chopin's papers."--BOOK JACKET.
Record details
ISBN:1931082219
Physical Description:print p. cm.
Publisher:New York : Library of America : Distributed to the trade in the U.S. by Penguin Putnam, 2002.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:
At fault -- Bayou folk -- A night acadie -- The awakening -- Uncollected stories.
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