The Awakening and Selected Short Stories by Kate Chopin
with introduction by Marilynne Robinson
This is a really well-written story. I absolutely love her voice. The fact that it has an introduction by Marilynne Robinson, who is in my opinion a genius poet, was a very good sign, and well-deserved. The Awakening (or, A Solitary Soul) was published in 1899 and still speaks quite clearly to me today. The world has changed, but the questions haven’t.
This edition comes with eight other shorter works, my favorite of which (but they are all fantastic) is A Pair of Silk Stockings. (Next-favorite is Desiree’s Baby.)
I will definitely be reading more of her.
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