Welcome to the Essential Novelists book series, were we present to you the best works of remarkable authors. For this book, the literary critic August Nemo has chosen the two most important and meaningful novels of KateChopinwhich are The Awakening and At Fault. Kate Chopin is a novelist and short-story writer known as an interpreter of New Orleans culture. There was a revival of interest in Chopin in the late 20th century because her concerns about the freedom of women foreshadowed later feminist literary themes. Novels selected for this book: –The Awakening –At Fault This is one of many books in the seriesEssential Novelists. If you liked this book, look for the other titles in the series, we are sure you will like some of the authors.
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August Nemo. Essential Novelists - Kate Chopin
Table of Contents
Author
The Awakening
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II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII
IX
X
XI
XII
XIII
XIV
XV
XVI
XVII
XVIII
XIX
XX
XXI
XXII
XXIII
XXIV
XXV
XXVI
XXVII
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XXIX
XXX
XXXI
XXXII
XXXIII
XXXIV
XXXV
XXXVI
XXXVII
XXXVIII
XXXIX
At Fault
PART I. I. The Mistress of Place-du-Bois
II. At the Mill
III. In the Pirogue
IV. A Small Interruption
V. In the Pine Woods
VI. Melicent Talks
VII. Painful Disclosures
VIII. Treats of Melicent
IX. Face to Face
X. Fanny’s Friends
XI. The Self-Assumed Burden
XII. Severing Old Ties
PART II
I. Fanny’s First Night at Place-du-Bois
II “Neva to See You!”
III. A Talk Under the Cedar Tree
IV. Thérèse Crosses the River
V. One Afternoon
VI. One Night
VII. Melicent Leaves Place-du-Bois
VIII. With Loose Rein
IX. The Reason Why
X. Perplexing Things
XI. A Social Evening
XII. Tidings That Sting
XIII. Melicent Hears the News
XIV. A Step Too Far
XV. A Fateful Solution
XVI. To Him Who Waits
XVII. Conclusion
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She heard him moving about the room; every sound indicating impatience and irritation. Another time she would have gone in at his request. She would, through habit, have yielded to his desire; not with any sense of submission or obedience to his compelling wishes, but unthinkingly, as we walk, move, sit, stand, go through the daily treadmill of the life which has been portioned out to us.
“Edna, dear, are you not coming in soon?” he asked again, this time fondly, with a note of entreaty.
