An edition of The Awakening (1899)

The Awakening

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An edition of The Awakening (1899)

The Awakening

First published in 1899.

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  • ★★★ ★ 3.6 (32 ratings) ·
  • 355 Want to read
  • 17 Currently reading
  • 49 Have read

When first published in 1899, The Awakening shocked readers with its honest treatment of female marital infidelity. Audiences accustomed to the pieties of late Victorian romantic fiction were taken aback by Chopin's daring portrayal of a woman trapped in a stifling marriage, who seeks and finds passionate physical love outside the confines of her domestic situation.

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BiblioLife
Language
English
Pages
303

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Subjects

Adultery, American literature, Classic Literature, Criticism and interpretation, feminist fiction, feminist literature, Fiction, History, Interpersonal attraction, Interpersonal relations, literary fiction, Louisiana Creoles, Man-woman relationships, fiction, manners and customs, Marriage, Married people, Married women, Modern Literature, Psychological fiction, Psychology, Romance fiction, Self-actualization (Psychology), Short Stories, Social conditions, Social life and customs, Women, American fiction (fictional works by one author), Married people, fiction, New Orleans (la.), fiction, Fiction, psychological, Louisiana, fiction

People

Kate Chopin (1851-1904), Kate Chopin (1850-1904), Edna Pontellier, Léonce Pontellier, Etienne Pontellier, Raoul Pontellier, Madame Aline Lebrun, Robert Lebrun, Victor Lebrun, Mariequita, Adèle Ratignolle, Alphonse Ratignolle, Mademoiselle Reisz, Farival twins, Monsieur Farival, Beaudelet, Madame Antoine, Toni Antoine, Old Celestine, Ellen Joe, Doctor Mandelet, Alcée Arobin, Mrs. Highcamp, James Highcamp, Mrs. Merriman, Miss Mayblunt, Gouvernail, Madame Pontellier

Places

New Orleans (La.), Louisiana, New Orleans, Grand Isle, Chênière Caminada, Gulf of Mexico, Mexico, New York City

Times

The end of the 19th century, 19th century

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2016, Mockingbird Classics
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2016, Ostrich Books
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2010, Simon & Brown
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2010, SoHo Books
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2005-12, LIANA LEVI Piccolo
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2000, Bedford/St. Martin's
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Published in
Charleston, South Carolina
Copyright Date
2009

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Pagination
303p.
Number of pages
303

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL39491447M
Internet Archive
awakening0000chop_v1b6
ISBN 10
1116430150
ISBN 13
9781116430158
OCLC/WorldCat
1269428456
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63219639

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The Awakening is a novel by Kate Chopin, first published in 1899. Set in New Orleans and on the Louisiana Gulf coast at the end of the 19th century, the plot centers on Edna Pontellier and her struggle between her increasingly unorthodox views on femininity and motherhood with the prevailing social attitudes of the turn-of-the-century American South. It is one of the earliest American novels that focuses on women's issues without condescension. It is also widely seen as a landmark work of early feminism, generating a mixed reaction from contemporary readers and critics.

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A GREEN AND yellow parrot, which hung in a cage outside the door, kept repeating over and over:

“Allez vous-en! Allez vous-en! Sapristi! That's all right!”
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