Celebrated for her depictions of life among Louisianas Creole and Cajun peoples, Kate Chopin (18501904) is today seen as a major figure in southern literature. Her short stories and her last novel, The Awakening (1899), are widely read and studied. Unjustly neglected, however, is her first novel, At Fault, which Chopin published in 1890 at her own expense. This edition of At Faultthe first printing to appear since Chopins Complete Works was issued in 1969now makes the book available to a wide audience. The novel centers on Therese Lafirme, a widow who owns and runs a plantation in postCivil War Louisiana. She encounters David Hosmer, who buys timber rights to her property to secure raw materials for his newly constructed sawmill. When David remarries, a love triangle develops between David, Fanny (his alcoholic wife), and Therese, who tries to balance her strong moral sensibility against her growing love for David. In depicting these relationships, Chopin acutely dramatizes the conflict between growing industrialism and the agrarian traditions of the Old Southas well as the changes to the land and the society that inevitably resulted from that conflict. Editors Suzanne Disheroon Green and David J. Caudle provide meticulous annotations to the text of At Fault, facilitating the readers understanding of the complex and exotic culture and language of nineteenthcentury Louisiana. Also included is a substantial body of supporting materials thatcontextualize the novel, ranging...

Binding: Paperback;338 pages; Publisher: Longleaf Services on behalf of U of Tennessee Pres; Classification: FC; Weight: 640 g; Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 28

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