Three Classics by American Women

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In one volume, readers now have access to three classic novels by outstanding American women authors. [THE AWAKENING by Kate Chopin][1] Jean Stafford wrote, "Kate Chopin was long before her time in dealing with sexual passion...and the personal emotions of women." The Awakening, which shocked its contemporary critics in 1899, is now considered a masterpiece, a novel that traces a woman's growing sensuality, search for identity, and final self-destruction--in a drama played out against the sultry climate and insulated culture of Creole New Orleans. [ETHAN FROME by Edith Wharton][2] "There are only three or four American novelists who can be thought of as 'major' and Edith Wharton is one", wrote Gore Vidal. In Ethan Frome, her most popular novel, Wharton tells a tragic story of thwarted love with irony and bitterness that seems to reflect the author's own dissatisfaction with twentieth-century American values. O PIONEERS! by Willa Cather Rebecca West called Willa Cather "the most sensuous of writers" because of her evocative descriptions of American life. Cather's magnificent tale of the Nebraska prairie, O Pioneers!, portrays a woman of strong will and even stronger desire to overcome adversity, bringing to life the prairie landscape in lush, provocative colors. --back cover [1]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL15841605W/The_Awakening [2]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL98501W

subjects: Modern Literature,  American literature,  feminist literature,  Louisiana Creoles,  feminist fiction,  manners and customs,  literary fiction,  Fiction,  Adultery in fiction,  Women in fiction,  Adultery,  Women,  Self-actualization (Psychology),  Married women,  Married women in fiction,  Psychological fiction,  Psychology,  Classic Literature,  Man-woman relationships,  Social conditions,  domestic fiction,  poor,  English fiction,  Triangles (Interpersonal relations),  Married people,  Rural poor,  Accident victims,  Farm life,  Guardian and ward,  Young women,  Family life,  Marriage,  Social life and customs,  Poverty,  Romance,  Interpersonal relations,  Rurual poor,  American fiction,  Women authors,  Criticism and interpretation,  Literary Anthologies,  Short Stories

People: Ethan Frome,  Edna Pontellier,  Léonce Pontellier,  Etienne Pontellier,  Raoul Pontellier,  Madame Aline Lebrun,  Robert Lebrun,  Victor Lebrun,  Mariequita,  Adèle Ratignolle,  Alphonse Ratignolle,  Mademoiselle Reisz,  Farival twins,  Monsieur Farival,  Beaudelet,  Madame Antoine,  Toni Antoine,  Old Celestine,  Ellen Joe,  Doctor Mandelet,  Alcée Arobin,  Mrs. Highcamp,  James Highcamp,  Mrs. Merriman,  Miss Mayblunt,  Gouvernail,  Madame Pontellier

Places: Louisiana,  New Orleans,  New England,  Berkshire Hills,  Massachusetts,  Grand Isle,  Chênière Caminada,  Gulf of Mexico,  Mexico,  New York City

Times: 20th century,  19th century