Kate Chopin (1851–1904)
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A propos de l'auteur
Kate Chopin was born Katherine O'Flaherty in St. Louis, Missouri, on February 8, 1851. Although she was brought up in a wealthy and socially elite Catholic family, Chopin's childhood was marred by tragedies. Her father was killed in a train accident when Chopin was just four years old, and in the afficher plus following years she also lost her older brother, great-grandmother, and half-brother. In 1870, at the age of 19, she married Oscar Chopin, the son of a wealthy cotton-growing family in Louisiana. The couple had seven children together, five boys and two girls, before Oscar died of swamp fever in 1883. The following year, Chopin packed up her family and moved back to St. Louis to be with her mother, who died just a year later. To support herself and her family, Chopin started to write. Her first novel, At Fault, was published in 1890. Her most famous work, The Awakening, inspired by a real-life New Orleans woman who committed adultery, was published in 1899. The book explores the social and psychological consequences of a woman caught in an unhappy marriage in 19th century America, is now considered a classic of the feminist movement and caused such an uproar in the community that Chopin almost entirely gave up writing. Chopin did try her hand at a few short stories, most of which were not even published. Chopin died on August 22, 1904, of a brain hemorrhage, after collapsing at the World's Fair just two days before. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
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Œuvres de Kate Chopin
The Awakening and Selected Stories of Kate Chopin (Signet Classics) (1976) 492 exemplaires, 6 critiques
The Awakening and Selected Stories of Kate Chopin (Enriched Classics) (2004) 441 exemplaires, 2 critiques
Kate Chopin: Complete Novels and Stories: At Fault / Bayou Folk / A Night in Acadie / The Awakening / Uncollected… (2002) 350 exemplaires, 2 critiques
The Awakening and Other Stories (Oxford World's Classics) {33 stories} (2000) 330 exemplaires, 4 critiques
The Awakening [Case Studies in Contemporary Criticism] (1993) — Auteur — 325 exemplaires, 4 critiques
Three Classics by American Women: The Awakening; Ethan Frome; O Pioneers! (1990) 25 exemplaires, 1 critique
British Mystery Megapack Volume 4: The Secret Adversary, Tales of Chinatown, At The Villa Rose, Egyptian Cigarette, A… (2014) 12 exemplaires
Kate Chopin: Complete Collection of Works with analysis and historical background (Annotated and Illustrated)… (2013) 8 exemplaires
The Awakening and other Selected Stories (Reader's Library Classics) (2021) 4 exemplaires, 1 critique
Il sogno di un᾽ora 3 exemplaires
At the 'Cadian Ball 3 exemplaires
Kate Chopin's Collected Works: At Fault, Bayou Folk, Juanita, Lilacs, The Kiss, Her Letters, A Family Affair, A… (2013) 3 exemplaires
A História de uma Hora e Outros Contos (Coleção Folha Inglês Com Clássicos Da Literatura, #24) 3 exemplaires
El despertar i altres històries (The awakening and selected stories). (2023) 2 exemplaires, 1 critique
The Awakening Cane Maggie : A Girl of the Streets Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Norton Critical Editions Ser) (1999) 2 exemplaires
Kate Chopin: The Complete Novels and Stories (The Greatest Writers of All Time Book 22) (2016) 2 exemplaires
Short Fiction 2 exemplaires
A Pair of Silk Stockings [short story] 2 exemplaires
O Beijo 2 exemplaires
Aucun titre 2 exemplaires
The Chopin Kate : Awakening and Selected Stories (Sc) (Signet classics) by Chopin, Kate (1995) Mass Market Paperback 1 exemplaire
uncollected stories (from Complete Novels and stories with bayou folk; a night in acadie; the awakening; at fault) 1 exemplaire
Works by Kate Chopin: Novels by Kate Chopin, Short Stories by Kate Chopin, Desiree's Baby, the Awakening, the… (2010) 1 exemplaire
ESSENTIAL COLLECTION OF CLASSIC BANNED BOOKS: Adam Bede, Fanny Hill, Candide, The Hunchback Of Notre Dame, The… 1 exemplaire
“Lilacs” 1 exemplaire
“The ‘Cadian Ball” 1 exemplaire
Athénaïse (texto bilingüe) 1 exemplaire
Meias de Seda 1 exemplaire
La guarigione (in Un paio di calze di seta) 1 exemplaire
The Kate Chopin Short Story Collection 1 exemplaire
Works of Kate Chopin. Including The Awakening, At Fault, The Story of an Hour, Desiree's Baby, A Respectable Woman… 1 exemplaire
Kate Chopin Collection: The Awakening, At Fault, Bayou Folk, Désirée’s Baby & Other Stories 1 exemplaire
Charlie; and other stories 1 exemplaire
A Matter Of Prejudice And Other Stories 1 exemplaire
A Reflection and Selected Short Stories 1 exemplaire
The Awakening and Selected Short Fiction (Barnes & Noble Classics Series)[AWAKENING & SEL SHORT FICTION][Mass Market… 1 exemplaire
En kvinde vågner 1 exemplaire
Due ritratti (in Un paio di calze di seta) 1 exemplaire
The Big Short: inside the Doomsday machine 1 exemplaire
The Awakening and Selected Stories of Kate Chopin 1 exemplaire
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories 1 exemplaire
The storm, and other stories : with The awakening 1 exemplaire
The Awakening and Selected Stories 1 exemplaire
The Awakening & Selected Stories by Kate Chopin 1 exemplaire
Historia de una hora y otros cuentos. 1 exemplaire
The Awakening and Selected Stories, Plume, 1976 1 exemplaire
L'imprevisto (in Un paio di calze di seta) 1 exemplaire
Più sapiente di Dio (in Un paio di calze di seta) 1 exemplaire
Desiree's Baby and Selected Short Stories 1 exemplaire
The Awakening & Other Short Stories: Kate Chopin (Short Stories, Classics, Literature) [Annotated] (2021) 1 exemplaire
In Sabine (in Un paio di calze di seta) 1 exemplaire
Un'anima sentimentale (in Un paio di calze di seta) 1 exemplaire
Le sue lettere (in Un paio di calze di seta) 1 exemplaire
Una notte in Acadia (in Un paio di calze di seta) 1 exemplaire
Chopin, Kate Archive 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
The Norton Anthology of Short Fiction (1978) — Auteur, quelques éditions — 1,464 exemplaires, 4 critiques
Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama (1995) — Contributeur, quelques éditions — 946 exemplaires, 7 critiques
The Norton Anthology of Literature by Women: The Tradition in English (1985) — Contributeur — 871 exemplaires
Women & Fiction: Short Stories By and About Women (1975) — Contributeur — 369 exemplaires, 7 critiques
American Fantastic Tales: Terror and the Uncanny from Poe to the Pulps (2009) — Contributeur — 265 exemplaires, 3 critiques
Daughters of Decadence: Women Writers of the Fin-de-Siècle (1993) — Contributeur — 187 exemplaires, 2 critiques
The Graphic Canon, Vol. 3: From Heart of Darkness to Hemingway to Infinite Jest (2013) — Contributeur — 151 exemplaires, 1 critique
The Signet Classic Book of Southern Short Stories (1991) — Contributeur — 122 exemplaires, 1 critique
Norton Introduction to the Short Novel (1982) — Contributeur, quelques éditions — 100 exemplaires, 1 critique
Two Friends and Other 19th-century American Lesbian Stories (1994) — Contributeur — 99 exemplaires, 1 critique
In the Shadow of Edgar Allan Poe: Classic Tales of Horror, 1816-1914 (2015) — Contributeur — 91 exemplaires, 1 critique
The Heath Anthology of American Literature, Concise Edition (2003) — Contributeur — 68 exemplaires, 1 critique
Scribbling Women: Short Stories by 19th-Century American Women (1997) — Contributeur — 49 exemplaires
The Signet Classic Book of Contemporary American Short Stories (1985) — Contributeur — 43 exemplaires, 1 critique
Women in the Trees: U.S. Women's Short Stories About Battering and Resistance, 1839-1994 (1996) — Contributeur — 41 exemplaires
Civil War Memories: Nineteen Stories of Battle, Bravery, Love, and Tragedy (2000) — Contributeur — 34 exemplaires, 1 critique
The Haves & Have Nots: 30 Stories About Money & Class In America (1999) — Contributeur — 34 exemplaires
Korter dan kort de beste kortste verhalen uit de wereldliteratuur (1993) — Contributeur — 28 exemplaires
The Strange History of Suzanne LaFleshe and Other Stories of Women and Fatness (2003) — Contributeur — 27 exemplaires, 1 critique
Classic American women writers: Sarah Orne Jewett, Kate Chopin, Edith Wharton, Willa Cather (1980) — Contributeur — 26 exemplaires
Discovering Fiction Student's Book 1: A Reader of American Short Stories (2001) — Contributeur — 20 exemplaires
Haunted Women: The Best Supernatural Tales by American Women Writers (1985) — Contributeur — 17 exemplaires, 2 critiques
Great Classic Stories II: Eighteen Unabridged Classics (2010) — Contributeur, quelques éditions — 15 exemplaires
Isaac Asimov Presents the Best Horror and Supernatural of the 19th Century (1983) — Contributeur — 15 exemplaires, 1 critique
The Banned Books Compendium: 32 Classic Forbidden Books — Contributeur — 10 exemplaires, 7 critiques
America Writes: Learning English through American Short Stories (1997) — Contributeur — 6 exemplaires
For Want of a Horse: Twenty-Three Tales of Supernatural Stallions, Magical Mares, and Paranormal Ponies (2015) — Contributeur — 2 exemplaires, 2 critiques
ESSENTIAL COLLECTION OF CLASSIC BANNED BOOKS: Adam Bede, Fanny Hill, Candide, The Hunchback Of Notre Dame, The… — Contributeur — 2 exemplaires
Discovering Fiction Level 2 Student's Book: A Reader of North American Short Stories (2012) — Contributeur — 2 exemplaires
Short Stories by Kate Chopin, Elizabeth Gaskell, and Olive Schreiner (1998) — Contributeur — 1 exemplaire
La nueva mujer: Relatos de escritoras estadounidenses del siglo XIX — Contributeur — 1 exemplaire
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom canonique
- Chopin, Kate
- Nom légal
- O'Flaherty, Katherine
- Autres noms
- Chopin, Kate
- Date de naissance
- 1850-02-08
- Date de décès
- 1904-08-22
- Lieu de sépulture
- Calvary Vemetery, Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- St. Louis, Missouri, USA
- Lieu du décès
- St. Louis, Missouri, USA
- Cause du décès
- brain hemorrhage
- Lieux de résidence
- St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Grand Coteau, Louisiana, USA
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, USA - Études
- Sacred Heart Academy, St. Louis
- Professions
- novelist
short story writer - Organisations
- Wednesday Club
- Prix et distinctions
- St. Louis Walk of Fame
- Courte biographie
- Katherine O’Flaherty was the daughter of an Irish immigrant father and a French-Creole mother. She was educated at the St. Louis Sacred Heart Academy and then made a debut into Southern society. In 1870, she married Oscar Chopin, a cotton trader from Louisiana, and the couple had six children. Widowed in 1882, and needing to support herself and her young children, Kate Chopin began to write sketches of her former plantation life, which appeared in periodicals such as Bayou Folk. These received immediate acclaim, as did her first novel At Fault (1890). Kate Chopin published two novels and about 100 short stories in the 1890s. Most of her fiction was set in Louisiana and her best-known work focuses on the lives of sensitive, intelligent women. Her short stories were most popular in her own day and appeared in some of America's most prestigious magazines. After her death her work was temporarily forgotten, but then in the 1920s her short stories began to appear in anthologies, and the public and literary scholars again began to take notice of her.
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Critiques
The Awakening par Kate Chopin
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The Awakening is one of those books which my sense is has never quite escaped its national context—Americans, I think, are likely to read it in high school or uni but as a "classic" it's far less known in other countries. I only heard of it, and Kate Chopin's other short stories, a few years ago, and decided to read it out of curiosity about it as a piece of early feminist literature.
Having now read it, I can certainly appreciate why Chopin's work was rediscovered by second wavers, grappling as it does with questions of freedom, control, marriage, and motherhood. Both Edna—the main character in The Awakening—and several of Chopin's other female characters struggle with these questions in various ways. But while Chopin's prose is well-crafted, and there are some lovely moments of character observation, I found myself largely unmoved by her work. Her writing is not bad, but it didn't speak to me. I didn't particularly connect with any of the characters in The Awakening itself, and the short stories felt too much like hybrids of O. Henry/Just So Stories with uncomfortable racial undertones (or just... tones) to engage me at all.… (plus d'informations)
Having now read it, I can certainly appreciate why Chopin's work was rediscovered by second wavers, grappling as it does with questions of freedom, control, marriage, and motherhood. Both Edna—the main character in The Awakening—and several of Chopin's other female characters struggle with these questions in various ways. But while Chopin's prose is well-crafted, and there are some lovely moments of character observation, I found myself largely unmoved by her work. Her writing is not bad, but it didn't speak to me. I didn't particularly connect with any of the characters in The Awakening itself, and the short stories felt too much like hybrids of O. Henry/Just So Stories with uncomfortable racial undertones (or just... tones) to engage me at all.… (plus d'informations)
I liked the first half of the novel set in the Gulf Islands, as our heroine awakens, more than the final half where she explores her new self back in New Orleans- but both were good. I'd say a solid 3.5 stars. The writing is very good, at times excellent, and as every blurb on the novel states extremely bold for its time in the late 1800's.
Chopin plays the English language like a concert pianist. Many lovely and poetic turns of phrase. What was shocking in 1899 wouldn't alarm an eight-year-old today, the book is still an engaging read, at times almost like Chopin is whispering it into your ear.
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- Œuvres
- 174
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- 65
- Membres
- 18,841
- Popularité
- #1,160
- Évaluation
- 3.7
- Critiques
- 300
- ISBN
- 747
- Langues
- 17
- Favoris
- 53