The Awakening
- Synopsis
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Kate Chopin's groundbreaking novel of early feminism set against the evocative backdrop of turn-of-the-century New OrleansEdna Pontellier is trapped. By her marriage, by her responsibilities to two young sons, by the expectations of Creole society. When she falls in love with the charming and flirtatious Robert Lebrun during a summer on the Louisiana coast, Edna awakens to a new sense of herself, and to the possibility of true independence. Mademoiselle Reisz, a locally renowned musician, offers one example of the self-sufficient, artistic existence Edna might lead. An affair with the notorious womanizer Alcée Arobin warns of the passion and danger inherent in living outside the boundaries of convention. Torn between the life that was handed to her and the one she wants to live, Edna makes a shocking decision.Overwhelmingly criticized in its day for its frank depictions of female sexuality, marriage, and a woman's desire for independence, The Awakening is now celebrated as one of the earliest--and most revolutionary--feminist novels in American literature.
- Copyright:
- 1899
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9781480477025
- Publisher:
- Open Road Media
- Date of Addition:
- 05/01/17
- Copyrighted By:
- Originally published in
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
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English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
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Literature and Fiction
- Grade Levels:
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Ninth grade, Tenth grade, Eleventh grade, Twelfth grade
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
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This is a copyrighted book.
