TO READ THE STORY https://americanliterature.com/author/kate-chopin/short-story/the-recovery
Beauty is said to be in the eye of the beholder.
But, as Jane discovers in this month’s story, this assertion is sometimes more nuanced than it seems. In ‘The Recovery’ by Kate Chopin we meet our main character, Jane, as she recovers her sight following fifteen years of blindness.
As always, you’ll get the most benefit from this masterclass if you read the story for yourself: https://americanliterature.com/author/katechopin/short-story/the-recovery It’s a relatively short story, but there’s a lot to it. So, let’s dive in.
Aging, and how things change over time, is an important theme of the story. In the very first sentence we are told that although Jane is thirty-five, she retains an element of youthfulness. It is almost as if, during the years of her blindness, she has been frozen in time.
One of the things I found interesting about this story is the way in which Jane has three different perceptions of herself and
