Author: Kate Chopin
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
ISBN: 0486803414
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 528
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A precursor of the twentieth century's feminist authors, Kate Chopin (1850–1904) wrote short stories and novels for children and adults. The St. Louis native lived in New Orleans for a dozen years and used Louisiana's Creole culture as an evocative setting for most of her tales. Many of Chopin's stories were well ahead of their time, and she achieved widespread acclaim only after her death. This concise introduction to Chopin's works features the complete text of The Awakening, her best-known and most-studied novel, as well as an earlier novel, At Fault, and the essay "My Writing Method." A generous selection of short stories includes "Lilacs," "The Kiss," "A Respectable Woman," "A Pair of Silk Stockings," and 25 others.
Author: Mary Shelley
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
ISBN: 0486802493
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 516
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Complete versions of Frankenstein and Mathilda plus an excerpt from The Last Man, the essay "On Ghosts," and short stories "Transformation," "The Dream," "The Mortal Immortal," "The False Rhyme," and "Roger Dodsworth: The Reanimated Englishman."
Author: Jane Austen
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
ISBN: 0486801780
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 548
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Selections from the ever-popular English author's works include the complete text of two of her novels, Pride and Prejudice and Persuasion, in addition to excerpts from her letters and Juvenilia.
Author: James Joyce
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
ISBN: 0486801616
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 548
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Primer of influential and innovative works features A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man in its entirety, excerpts from Ulysses, the short story collection Dubliners, the play Exiles, and Chamber Music, an early book of poems.
Author: Kate Chopin
Publisher: Graphic Arts Books
ISBN: 1513276603
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 142
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At Fault (1890) is a novel by American author Kate Chopin. Published at the author’s expense, At Fault is the undervalued debut of a pioneering feminist and gifted writer who sought to portray the experiences of Southern women struggling to survive in an era decimated by war and economic hardship. Thérèse Lafirme is a Creole widow whose husband’s death has made the Place-du-Bois plantation on the Cane River in northwestern Louisiana her sole responsibility. Struggling to survive in a region that, following the fall of the Confederacy, has failed to recover from the devastation of defeat, Lafirme agrees to sell her land’s timber rights to a recently divorced businessman named David Hosmer. As the two begin to fall in love, Hosmer’s sawmill causes tension in an agrarian community unaccustomed to modern industry. Hosmer proposes to Thérèse, she is forced to consider the prospect of marriage against the opinion her community as well as her own moral and religious values, to set her personal desires aside in order to appease tradition. When Fanny, Hosmer’s alcoholic ex-wife, re-enters the picture, trouble ensues that threatens to ruin Lafirme’s reputation as an honest, hardworking woman. At Fault, like much of Chopin’s work, went largely unnoticed upon publication, but has since garnered critical acclaim as a work that explores the lived experiences of women and racial minorities during a period of political and economic upheaval. Both fictional and autobiographical—Chopin was a widow of French heritage who struggled to provide for her family following her husband’s death—At Fault is an underappreciated masterpiece of nineteenth-century literature. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Kate Chopin’s At Fault is a classic of American literature reimagined for modern readers.
Author: Kate Chopin
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486115356
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 226
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From the author of The Awakening comes this collection, which features 24 distinctive tales of Southern life, filled with fascinating characters, idiosyncratic customs, and sometimes shocking details.
Author: Oscar Wilde
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
ISBN: 0486801918
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 560
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"An excellent collection of some of Oscar Wilde's key works. A useful and representative selection of his writings, ideal for those not already familiar with his trademark wit or his more serious work, but equally valuable for the Wilde devotee." — newbooks magazine Poet and playwright Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) wrote sparkling comedies that were the toast of London's West End in the 1890s. The master of the witty epigram who could resist anything except temptation, Wilde was imprisoned by an unjust society and died in obscurity, but his enduring works continue to enchant readers and audiences. The Irish author's only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, appears in this splendid showcase of his philosophy and wit. Additional selections include Wilde's ever-popular comedies The Importance of Being Earnest and An Ideal Husband; his essay on aestheticism, "The Decay of Lying: An Observation"; his deeply moving prison letter, "De Profundis"; and fairy tales from A House of Pomegranates and The Happy Prince.
Author: D.H. Lawrence
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
ISBN: 0486803023
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 512
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D. H. Lawrence (1885–1930) created controversial works that explore the dehumanizing effects of modern life. But in his lifetime the novelist, poet, playwright, and essayist was regarded as little more than a pornographer. Today Lawrence is praised for his artistic vision as well as his integrity, and his books and other writings rank among the English literary canon. This anthology presents the complete text of Lawrence's masterpiece, Sons and Lovers. Additional features include an essay, "Psychoanalysis and the Unconscious," and the short stories "The Prussian Officer," "Odour of Chrysanthemums," and "England, My England." Additional selections include "Snake" and other poems.
Author: Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
ISBN: 0486801632
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 532
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Excellent anthology contains novellas Notes from the Underground, The Double, and Poor Folk; short stories include "Another Man's Wife" and "White Nights"; plus an excerpt from Crime and Punishment.
Author: Herman Melville
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
ISBN: 0486802469
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 532
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Excerpts from Moby-Dick, complete text of Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life, plus short stories "Bartelby the Scrivener," "Paradise of Bachelors and the Tartarus of Maids," and "The Encantadas or Enchanted Isles."
