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At Fault|Kate Chopin

Overview

Th r se Lafirme, a beautiful and resourceful Creole woman, is widowed at age thirty-two and left alone to run her Louisiana plantation. When Th r se falls in love with David Hosmer, a divorced businessman, her strong moral and religious convictions make it impossible for her to accept his marriage proposal. Her determined rejection sets the two on a tumultuous path that involves Hosmer's former wife, Fanny. At Fault is both romantic and filled with stark realism-a love story that expands to address the complex problem of balancing personal happiness and social duty-set in the post-Reconstruction South against a backdrop of economic devastation and simmering racial tensions. Written at the beginning of her career, At Fault parallels Chopin's own life and introduces characters and themes that appear in her later works, including The Awakening.

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  • ISBN-13: 9781986607148
  • ISBN-10: 1986607143
  • Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Publish Date: April 2018
  • Dimensions: 9.02 x 5.98 x 0.37 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.53 pounds
  • Page Count: 174

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