Edna Pontellierová už šest let žije v konvenčním, ale navenek šťastném manželství. Má dva malé syny, krásný dům a manžela, který jí zajišťuje bezstarostnou existenci. Během prázdninového... Čítať ďalej
Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure. Readers and... Čítať ďalej
First published in 1899, this beautiful, brief novel so disturbed critics and the public that it was banished for decades afterward. Now widely read and admired, -The Awakening- has been hailed as an early vision of... Čítať ďalej
She wanted to swim far out, where no woman had swum before.' Kate Chopin was one of the most individual and adventurous of nineteenth-century american writers, whose fiction explored new and often startling territory... Čítať ďalej
From one of the most daring writers of fin-de-siecle America, this title features five stories of awakening that range from Louisiana's plantations and poverty-stricken bayous to its gilded cities... Čítať ďalej
A collection of transformative stories that emphasize women's roles in society.
The works of Kate Chopin were nearly forgotten for much of the twentieth century, but her popularity made a resurgence in the 1970s when... Čítať ďalej
