Audiobooks by Kate Chopin

This title is an audiobook produced by Canarit Audiobooks, please find us at www.canaritaudiobooks.com, and contact us at: production@canaritaudiobooks.com Kate Chopin was born in Louisiana in 1850, and established her life there as a ground breaking author, as her work subject included radical- for- the- time- ideas, such as feminism, race and social change. Her notable and important works include but are not limited to: Beyond The Bayou, The Story of an Hour. Her reach was vast for her time as among her publications, was a story in “Vogue”, she was largely regarded as one of the best authors of her time. Produced by: Canarit Audiobooks Directed by: Gil Geva Written by: Kate Chopin Recorded and Edited by: Shalev Alon Cover Art: Gev Miron Music by: Adam Vitovski, Soundotcom SFX: Soundly Performed by: Molly Commings Nicole Raviv Katia Kapustin Shani Alon Sigi Ravit

Kate Chopin (Author), Canarit (Narrator)

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The Awakening - Unabridged

Controversial, scandalous and almost universally censored and criticized upon its first release in 1899, Kate Chopin's 'The Awakening' is a pioneering novel of female independence and sexual exploration and was one of the earliest American works of fiction to examine the societal oppression that beset married women in the last 19th century. Set in the Gulf Coast of Louisiana, the plot centers around young Edna Pontellier, a married woman who is chafing under the strictures of her relationship with her husband Léonce. While on vacation with her family - she and Léonce have two sons - Edna forms an attachment with Robert Lebrun, a charming young man who loves her, but realizes their relationship is doomed. Robert flees Edna to avoid scandal and Edna is left to contemplate what to make of her life. Torn between conformity and independence, Edna's journey reflects the frustration and societal pressures placed on women - particularly married women - during this era. Dismissed and almost forgotten upon its initial publication, 'The Awakening' was rediscovered by feminist scholars in the 1970's as the feminist movement took hold and it has since become a literary classic, an early and rare exploration of women's struggles in the late 1900's. It is presented here in its original and unabridged format.

Kate Chopin (Author), Sara Nichols (Narrator)

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Poems for Middle and High School Students

A. E. Housman, Alfred Tennyson, Claude McKay, D.H. Lawrence, Douglas Malloch, Edgar Allan Poe, Edna ST. Vincent Millay, Edward Dyer, Edwin Arlington Robinson, Elizabeth Barrette Browning, Emily Dickinson, Emily Jane Brontë, Emma Lazarus, Ernest Lawrence Thayer, George Orwell, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Jack London, John Keats, John McCrae, Joyce Kilmer, Julia Ward Howe, Kate Chopin, Lewis Carroll, Lord Byron, Louisa May Alcott, Mary Howitt, Oscar Wilde, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Robert Louis Stevenson, Rudyard Kipling, Sara Teasdale, Stephen Crane, Thomas Hardy, Vincent Millay, Walt Whitman, William Blake, William Butler Yeats, William Shakespeare, William Wordsworth (Author), Connie Dangel, Martin Siemienski (Narrator)

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Short Stories About Suicide

Life has the capacity of great moments and attainment, of lives well lived, fulfilling for ourselves and for those we touch.But for others life is arduous. There is no spark to ignite the curiosity, to explore and achieve a stability and a growth to their lives. Indeed their lives, in their own eyes, become almost meaningless, their sense of themselves subsumed under a myriad of problems, whether real or imagined. Seismic events in a life might crush them; the loss of a loved one for instance. Coping is difficult, support hard to find and isolation abounds. We never really know the reason or motivation but sometimes one final, dreadful way out is the solution. In this volume our authors including, Amy Levy, Willa Cather, Honore de Balzac, O Henry, Franz Kafka and a wealth or others explore stories that help us to understand and recognise a tragic circumstance.1 - Short Stories About Suicide - An Introduction2 - Suicides by Guy de Maupassant3 - The Dream of a Ridiculous Man by Fyodor Dostovesky4 - A Hunger Artist by Franz Kafka5 - The Legacy by Virginia Woolf6 - The Informer by Joseph Conrad7 - Claude Gueux by Victor Hugo8 - The Furnished Room by O Henry9 - The Mourner by Mary Shelley10 - The Victory by Rabindranath Tagore11 - A Passion in the Desert by Honore De Balzac12 - An Imaginative Woman by Thomas Hardy13 - An Egyptian Cigarette by Kate Chopin14 - Volodya by Anton Chekhov15 - Paul's Case by Willa Cather16 - A Slav Soul by Alexander Kuprin17 - Cohen of Trinity by Amy Levy18 - The Story of A Conscience by Ambrose Bierce19 - The Cold Embrace by Mary Elizabeth Braddon20 - Blessed Are the Meek by Mary Webb21 - The Crystal Man by Edward Page Mitchell22 - The End of a Show by Barry Pain23 - An Outcast of the People by Bithia Mary Croker24 - A Responsibility by Henry Harland25 - When Spirits Steal by Philippa Forest26 - The Spider by Hanns Heinz Ewers27 - The Quadroons by Lydia Maria Child28 - Sokratics in the Strand by Amy Levy29 - In the Penal Colony by Franz Kafka

Ambrose Bierce, Amy Levy, Franz Kafka, Fyodor Dostovesky, Guy De Maupassant, Honore de Balzac, Joseph Conrad, Kate Chopin, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, O Henry, Rabindranath Tagore, Thomas Hardy, Victor Hugo, Virginia Woolf (Author), Laurel Lefkow, Mark Rice-Oxley, Richard Mitchley (Narrator)

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The Awakening

The Awakening is a novel by Kate Chopin, first published in 1899. Set in New Orleans and on the Louisiana Gulf coast at the end of the 19th century, the plot centers on Edna Pontellier and her struggle between her increasingly unorthodox views on femininity and motherhood with the prevailing social attitudes of the turn-of-the-century American South. It is one of the earliest American novels that focuses on women's issues without condescension. It is also widely seen as a landmark work of early feminism, generating a mixed reaction from contemporary readers and critics. The novel's blend of realistic narrative, incisive social commentary, and psychological complexity makes The Awakening a precursor of American modernist literature; it prefigures the works of American novelists. The most famous and inspirational works of Kate Chopin include: The Awakening, At the Cadian Ball, At the Cadian Ball, The Story of an Hour, The Story of an Hour, Désirée's Baby, The Storm, A Pair of Silk Stockings and many more.

Kate Chopin (Author), Sharon Plummer (Narrator)

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Diabólica tentación. Relatos de mujeres malignas

Como fiel reflejo de la sociedad en que se desarrolla, la literatura muestra los cambios y terrenos que ha ganado la mujer a lo largo de la historia. Aún queda mucho camino que recorrer pero Medea, Sherezade, Morella, Madame Bovary e, incluso, Lisbeth Salander han ayudado a defender y reivindicar los derechos de la mujer. En esta antología no hemos hecho distinción entre autores o autoras pues nos hemos centrado plenamente en los personajes femeninos como ejes de la antología. La maldad que estos reflejan, como verá el lector, se produce por el desamor, la venganza o la incomprensión y estará repleta de tintes sobrenaturales y misteriosos.

Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Edgar Allan Poe, Edith Nesbit, Julian Hawthorne, Kate Chopin, Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Mary Wilkins Freeman, Sebastián Beringheli, Walter Scott (Author), Manuela Fiallo (Narrator)

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B. J. Harrison Reads Desiree's Baby

Kate Chopin’s short story 'Desirée’s Baby' depicts a love story that is far from simple. Desirée was found as a baby by a wealthy French Creole couple, Monsieur and Madame Valmondé, in Louisiana before the American Civil War. She marries Armand, the son of another wealthy French Creole family, and has a son with him. Yet a happy event takes a scandalous turn when upon the child’s birth, the parents note that the child carries African blood in him. Whilst this short story is about social class, it also contains fairytale-like elements and even Gothic tones. Discover the story as read by the uncanny B.J. Harrison. B. J. Harrison started his Classic Tales Podcast back in 2007, wanting to breathe new life into classic stories. He masterfully plays with a wide array of voices and accents and has since then produced over 500 audiobooks. Now in collaboration with SAGA Egmont, his engaging narration of these famous classics is available to readers everywhere. Kate Chopin (1850-1904), born Katherine O’Flaherty, was an American writer of novels and short stories mostly set in the 19th-century American South. Her works deals with themes of the female psyche and women's limited life opportunities in the Victorian era, often in a naturalist style. She was considered controversial in her time, but is now praised as a pioneer of 20th-century feminist, American literature. Her most famous works include the novel 'The Awakening' (1899), which explores themes of rebellion against femininity and motherhood at the turn of the 20th century.

Kate Chopin (Author), B. J. Harrison (Narrator)

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The Kiss

I wish someone would have warned me about my best friend Deacon Cross when we were nine...because nearly sixteen years later, the only man I've forbidden myself to cross that line with still doesn't understand my rules of friendship.Best friends aren't supposed to kiss.They're not supposed to dream of having insanely hot sex while working together either. And they're definitely not supposed to keep secrets.And now I wish I had warned myself about this two days ago. Right before Deacon kissed me for the second time. And all of the rules changed...The fourth full-length standalone novel in the Manhattan Nights series is a best-friends-to-lovers romance full of humor, suspense, and plenty of heat.

Kate Chopin, Natalie Wrye (Author), Lisa Zimmerman, Steve Campbell (Narrator)

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The Awakening, and Selected Short Stories

Edna Pontellier has everything that a woman and mother should want – two wonderful sons, a husband, and good financial fortune. But still, she feels like something may be missing. While vacationing with her family, she meets a young man who shows affection and opens her mind to adventure and freedom. Edna’s desire for freedom and independence begins to fester in her heart, and she finds that she is increasingly disenchanted with the responsibilities of motherhood. She begins to shirk responsibilities and live as she wants, rather than how society expects. Her journey towards independence is difficult and met with much opposition from all sides in her life, and she is torn between two conflicting worlds. This collection also includes many of Kate Chopin’s short stories, which further expand on the themes of womanhood in the southern United States, Creole culture, religious skepticism, and female independence and intellectualism. The short stories included in this collection are “Beyond the Bayou,” “Ma’ame Pelagie,” “Desiree’s Baby,” “A Respectable Woman,” “The Kiss,” “A Pair of Silk Stockings,” “The Locket,” and “A Reflection.” These short stories demonstrate Kate Chopin’s lyrical and emotional writing abilities, and are staples of the Southern literature genre.

Kate Chopin (Author), Harriet Seed (Narrator)

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The Awakening, and Selected Short Stories (Unabridged)

Kate Chopin (Author), Brian Morris (Narrator)

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The Awakening

This classic novel focuses on a female protagonist named Edna Pontellier who rebels against the conventional roles of an upper-class conservative woman. Set in New Orleans, the novel weaves a rich tapestry of southern life and culture through the lens of a woman who feels trapped in a cage of wealth and social norms. This book is a must read for anyone interested in early feminist literature, themes of love, social class and psychology, or living in New Orleans, This performance of Kate Chopin's classic is of the utmost caliber and quality Through noise-gate and dynamic shaping technology, we are proud to present you with the best available auditory rendition of The Awakening.

Kate Chopin (Author), Robin Laree Berry (Narrator)

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Classic Short Stories - Volume 4

Stories are one of mankind’s greatest artistic achievements. Whether written down or spoken they have an ability to capture our imagination and thoughts, and take us on incredible journeys in the space of a phrase and the turn of a page.Within a few words of text or speech, new worlds and characters form, propelling a narrative to a conclusion with intricate ease. Finely crafted, perfectly formed these Miniature Masterpieces, at first thought, seem remarkably easy to conjure up. But ask any writer and they will tell you that distilling the essence of narrative and characters into a short story is one of the hardest acts of their literary craft. Many attempt, but few achieve.

Edd Mcnair, Edgar Allan Poe, Edith Nesbit, Kate Chopin (Author), Ghizela Rowe, Richard Mitchley (Narrator)

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