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I was introduced to Kate Chopin by a progressive professor in my first year of college. Even as I marveled at the then little known author's ability to breathe life into Victorian-era New Orleans I was angered that I hadn't heard of her a lot sooner. Chopin was no less than a social commentator who used her knowledge of New Orleans society as a vehicle through which she showcased women's place in all levels of society. As we read her stories it becomes clear that despite their station in life every woman was, in nearly every way, less different than their trappings would lead us to believe. Women were second class citizens held to rigid norms in a man's world. I have spent many years since college studying Chopin's life and writings. I have sung her praises to those who know little, if anything, about her. My original copy of this book is filled with margin notes, underlined passages, and multi-colored highlighter. Everytime I re-read a story I find something new to comment on, hence I need a new copy in which to continue my study of this remarkable woman's work. Honestly, I can't think of anything I dislike about this book except, perhaps, the fact that the paper it is printed on is rather thin and after being marked thousands of times grows predictably fragile. But a new copy remedies that small problem. Someday I will have recorded my every thought on the pages of these paperback books and I will indulge my love for hardbacks. Somehow I don't think it will fare any better than those that came before.Read full review
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