Kate Chopin (1850–1904) is a classic author whose works are in the public domain.
A woman abandons her respectable life and stifling marriage for independence and sensual awakening in this proto-feminist novel that scandalized 1890s America and still resonates with anyone who's felt society's cage closing in. Chopin's spare prose captures the exhilaration and loneliness of self-discovery with devastating precision.
