A married woman at a Louisiana seaside resort discovers, almost against her will, that she wants more than the life assigned to her — and refuses to pretend otherwise. When The Awakening appeared in 1899, its frank portrait of a woman's desire and self-determination scandalized readers and nearly ended Chopin's career; a century later, it's recognized as one of the first great feminist novels in American fiction. Paired here with her finest short stories, sharp, sensory, and decades ahead of their time.