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Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-211), The awakening -- Beyond the Bayou -- Maáme Pélagle -- Désirée's baby -- A respectable woman -- The kiss -- A pair of silk stockings -- The locket -- A reflection, First published in 1899, this beautiful, brief novel so disturbed critics & the public that it was banished for decades afterward. Now widely read & admired, The Awakening has been hailed as an early vision of woman's emancipation. This sensuous book tells of a woman's abandonment of her family, her seduction, & her awakening to desires & passions that threatened to consumer her. Originally entitled \"A Solitary Soul,\" this portrait of twenty-eight-year-old Edna Pontellier is a landmark in American fiction, rooted firmly in the romantic tradition of Herman Melville & Emily Dickinson. Here, a woman in search of self-discovery turns away from convention & society, & toward the primal, from convention & society, & toward the primal, irresistibly attracted to nature & the senses The Awakening, Kate Chopin's last novel, has been praised by Edmund Wilson as \"beautifully written.\" And Willa Cather described its style as \"exquisite,\" \"sensitive,\" & \"iridescent.\" This edit

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Author

Chopin, Kate, 1850-1904, Robinson, Marilynne

Publisher

Toronto [Ont., Canada] ; New York, NY : Bantam Books

Published

1988

Language

EN

ISBN

9781402511899

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Literary Fiction, History

Rating

3.84 / 5 (897 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14