At Fault (1890) is a novel by American author Kate Chopin. Published at the authors expense, At Fault is the undervalued debut of a pioneering feminist and gifted writer who sought to portray the experiences of Southern women struggling to survive in an era decimated by war and economic hardship.Therese Lafirme is a Creole widow whose husbands death has made the PlaceduBois plantation on the Cane River in northwestern Louisiana her sole responsibility. Struggling to survive in a region that, following the fall of the Confederacy, has failed to recover from the devastation of defeat, Lafirme agrees to sell her lands timber rights to a recently divorced businessman named David Hosmer. As the two begin to fall in love, Hosmers sawmill causes tension in an agrarian community unaccustomed to modern industry. Hosmer proposes to Therese, she is forced to consider the prospect of marriage against the opinion her community as well as her own moral and religious values, to set her personal desires aside in order to appease tradition. When Fanny, Hosmers alcoholic exwife, reenters the picture, trouble ensues that threatens to ruin Lafirmes reputation as an honest, hardworking woman. At Fault, like much of Chopins work, went largely unnoticed upon publication, but has since garnered critical acclaim as a work that explores the lived experiences of women and racial minorities during a period of political and economic upheaval. Both fictional and autobiographicalChopin was a widow of...

Binding: Hardcover;162 pages; Publisher: Mint Editions; Classification: FV; Weight: 425.72 g; Dimensions: 203 x 127

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