In honor of Women's History Month, it's important to remember the woman who opened a new realm of possibility for women everywhere: Kate Chopin. For those of you who aren't familiar, Kate Chopin ...
Kate Chopin was a feminist in a place and time that wasn’t ready for feminism. Her 1899 novel, “The Awakening,” was a failure until it was republished in the 1970s to worldwide acclaim. A St. Louis, ...
Sometimes, books emerge and are immediately recognized as landmark texts, selling hundreds of thousands of copies and catapulting their authors to the "voice of a generation" fame. Kate Chopin's "The ...
Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook In elementary school, I heard a story about the Liberty Bell. Philadelphians, I was told, were ...
ST. LOUIS • “There is much beauty in the development of this graceful, fascinating subtle character, and Mrs. Chopin has described it with extraordinary art.” Thomas and Eliza O'Flaherty of St. Louis.
Today, Penguin Classics published five fiction and nonfiction books in their Penguin Vitae series, a collection of updated classics in elegant hardcover editions with colored endpapers and foil ...
Handwritten letters are some of the most treasured artifacts held at the Missouri History Museum. For Dennis Northcott, an associate archivist for reference at the museum, the messages are so much ...
Kate Chopin wrote The Awakening in 1899, just five years before her death. New Orleans has claimed several literary figures as its own -- Tennessee Williams is just the tip of the iceberg. The 19th ...
Kate Chopin, author of The Awakening, struggles to hold onto her marriage and her six small children as she launches her career as a novelist in 1884. Frustrating her attempts are: her wealthy next ...
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