{"product_id":"at-fault-9781513208091","title":"At Fault","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAt Fault\u003c\/i\u003e (1890) is a novel by American author Kate Chopin. Published at the author’s expense, \u003ci\u003eAt Fault\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThérèse Lafirme is a Creole widow whose husband’s death has made the Place-du-Bois 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 land’s timber rights to a recently divorced businessman named David Hosmer. As the two begin to fall in love, Hosmer’s sawmill causes tension in an agrarian community unaccustomed to modern industry. Hosmer proposes to Thérèse, 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, Hosmer’s alcoholic ex-wife, re-enters the picture, trouble ensues that threatens to ruin Lafirme’s reputation as an honest, hardworking woman. \u003ci\u003eAt Fault\u003c\/i\u003e, like much of Chopin’s 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 autobiographical—Chopin was a widow of French heritage who struggled to provide for her family following her husband’s death—\u003ci\u003eAt Fault\u003c\/i\u003e is an underappreciated masterpiece of nineteenth-century literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis edition of Kate Chopin’s \u003ci\u003eAt Fault\u003c\/i\u003e is a classic of American literature reimagined for modern readers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSince our inception in 2020, \u003cb\u003eMint Editions\u003c\/b\u003e has kept sustainability and innovation at the forefront of our mission. Each and every Mint Edition title gets a fresh, professionally typeset manuscript and a dazzling new cover, all while maintaining the integrity of the original book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n \n\u003cp\u003eWith thousands of titles in our collection, we aim to spotlight diverse public domain works to help them find modern audiences. Mint Editions celebrates a breadth of literary works, curated from both canonical and overlooked classics from writers around the globe.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kate Chopin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48286123196667,"sku":"9781513208091","price":12.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/9781513208091.jpg?v=1772484267","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/at-fault-9781513208091","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}