Title; Contents; PART I; I -- The Mistress of Place-du-Bois; II -- At the Mill; III -- In the Pirogue; IV -- A Small Interruption; V -- In the Pine Woods; VI -- Melicent Talks; VII -- Painful Disclosures; VIII -- Treats of Melicent; IX -- Face to Face; X -- Fanny's Friends; XI -- The Self-Assumed Burden; XII -- Severing Old Ties; PART II; I -- Fanny's First Night at Place-du-Bois; II -- "Neva to See You!"; III -- A Talk Under the Cedar Tree; IV -- Thérèse Crosses the River; V -- One Afternoon; VI -- One Night; VII -- Melicent Leaves Place-du-Bois; VIII -- With Loose Rein; IX -- The Reason Why. and X -- Perplexing ThingsXI -- A Social Evening; XII -- Tidings that Sting; XIII -- Melicent Hears the News; XIV -- A Step Too Far; XV -- A Fateful Solution; XVI -- To Him Who Waits; XVII -- Conclusion.
Summary
Groundbreaking author Kate Chopin was known for her innovative portraits of nineteenth-century heroines facing the challenges of life under strictly constrained gender roles. At Fault is a richly detailed historical romance set on a Louisiana plantation that delves deftly into the tangled web woven by a trio of star-crossed lovers whose lives have been rent asunder by misbegotten passion.
