Awakening and Other StoriesIn the summer of her 28th year, Edna Pontellier and her children, along with the wives and families of other prospective businessmen, spend the summer in an idyllic coastal community away from their husbands and the sweltering heat of 1890s' New Orleans. Aware of deep yearnings that are unfulfilled by marriage and motherhood, Edna plunges into an illicit liaison that reawakens her long dormant desires, inflames her heart, and eventually blinds her to all else. |
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User Review - lethalmauve - LibraryThingPioneering feminist work bogged down by its emotionally distant atmosphere, without any room for complete immersion nor resonance, The Awakening tells the frustrating ambivalence and wavering desire ... Read full review
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User Review - mbmackay - LibraryThingI came across this book when my nephew was reading it for school. First published in 1899, the book was famous (notorious) for its sympathetic portrayal of a woman in a loveless marriage who strays ... Read full review
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| Title | Awakening and Other Stories Barnes & Noble classics |
| Author | Kate Chopin |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Hippocrene Books, 1995 |
| ISBN | 1566195675, 9781566195676 |
| Length | 163 pages |
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