A pair of silk stockings
(2018)
Fiction
eAudiobook
Details
PUBLISHED
[United States] : Dreamscape Media, LLC, 2018
Made available through hoopla
Made available through hoopla
EDITION
Unabridged
DESCRIPTION
1 online resource (1 audio file (13 min.)) : digital
ISBN/ISSN
9781974910366 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) MWT12162180, 1974910369 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 12162180
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Read by Susie Berneis
In "A Pair of Silk Stockings", Mrs. Sommers, a once wealthy woman who has fallen on hard times comes into possession of a small fortune of $15. Planning to spend the money on clothing for her children, she becomes sidetracked at a shop counter, entranced by the smoothness of a pair of silk stockings. She goes on to spend the money on the stockings as well as new boots and gloves for herself. In succumbing to "mechanical impulses that direct her action," Mrs. Sommers resembles Edna Pontellier, the heroine of Kate Chopin's later masterpiece The Awakening. First published in Vogue in 1897
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