Lungo le acque del Mississippi scorrono vite diverse e affascinanti. La Louisiana di fine Ottocento è una terra di contrasti: vi si alternano inglese e francese, la schiavitù è stata abolita ma la segregazione è radicata nella società, città che paiono copie di quelle europee sono attraversate dalle culture creola e afroamericana. Così, nei racconti di Kate Chopin, ambientati in questi luoghi, si consumano amori felici e infelici, soprusi e storie di riscatto personale.

BEST AUTHORS BEST STORiES - 2Anton Chekhov - SleepyEdgar Allan Poe - Hop-FrogMary E. Wilkins Freeman - One Good TimeL. Frank BaumHickory - Dickory, DockNathaniel Hawthorn - Ethan BrandOscar Wilde - Lord Arthur Savile's CrimeGuy de Maupassant - A Dead Woman's SecretAmbrose Bierce - One Summer NightLaura E. Richards - The Golden WindowsKate Chopin - The Kiss

This book contains the following works: 1. Edgar Allan Poe: The Gold Bug 2. William Shakespeare: Romeo And Juliet 3. Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe: Faust 4. Mark Twain: Adventures of Tom Sawyer 5. Leo Tolstoy: The Death of Ivan Ilyich (Translator: Constance Garnett) 6. Arthur Conan Doyle: The Lost World 7. Henry James: The Turn of the Screw 8. Antoine de Saint-Exupery: The Little Prince (Translator: Marina Zhigalova) 9. Oscar Wilde: The Picture of Dorian Gray 10. Kate Chopin: The Awakening

The Best of Women's Short Stories, Volume 2 is a celebration of iconic female writers from the 19th and 20th centuries; featuring eight full-length stories relating the many experiences and complexities of womanhood. This collection brings together stories by Katherine Mansfield, Mary Shelley, Elizabeth Gaskell, Kate Chopin and Jane Austen. Narrated by Harriet Walter, a popular British actress whose film and TV credits include Atonement, Star Wars: The Force Awakens and N...

This Audiobook contains the following works arranged alphabetically by authors last names Emma [Jane Austen] Jane Eyre [Charlotte Brontë] The Awakening [Kate Chopin] Heart of Darkness [Joseph Conrad] Crime and Punishment [Fyodor Dostoevsky] The Curious Case of Benjamin Button [F. Scott Fitzgerald] The Call of the Wild [Jack London] The Dunwich Horror [H.P Lovecraft] The Art of War [Sun Tzu] The Importance of Being Earnest [Oscar Wilde]

This book contains the following works:Edgar Allan Poe: The Gold BugWilliam Shakespeare: Romeo And JulietJohann Wolfgang Von Goethe: FaustMark Twain: Adventures of Tom SawyerLeo Tolstoy: The Death of Ivan Ilyich (Translator: Constance Garnett)Arthur Conan Doyle: The Lost WorldHenry James: The Turn of the ScrewAntoine de Saint-Exupery: The Little Prince (Translator: Marina Zhigalova)Oscar Wilde: Th...

A collection of wonderful classic short stories by well loved authors of the genre such as Joyce, Mansfield, Saki and Chopin

Womens Short Stories Volume 2. The short story is often viewed as an inferior relation to the Novel. But it is an art in itself. To take a story and distil its essence into fewer pages while keeping character and plot rounded and driven is not an easy task. Many try and many fail. In this series we look at short stories from many of our most accomplished female writers. Miniature masterpieces with a lot to say. Their art in writing a short story can be barely noticed by a reader or listene...