Theacuteregravese Lafirme a beautiful and resourceful Creole woman iswidowed at age thirtytwo and left alone to run her Louisiana plantation. WhenTheacuteregrav... » 

Theacuteregravese Lafirme a beautiful and resourceful Creole woman iswidowed at age thirtytwo and left alone to run her Louisiana plantation. WhenTheacuteregravese falls in love with David Hosmer a divorced businessmanher strong moral and religious convictions make it impossible for her to accepthis marriage proposal. Her determined rejection sets the two on a tumultuouspath that involves Hosmers former wife Fanny. At Fault is both romantic andfilled with stark realisma love story that expands to address the complexproblem of balancing personal happiness and social dutyset in the postReconstruction South against a backdrop of economic devastation and simmeringracial tensions. Written at the beginning of her career At Fault parallelsChopins own life and introduces characters and themes that appear in her laterworks including The Awakening «