The Awakening

Description

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.

Excerpt

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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Other Editions

• The AwakeningpaperbackEnhanced Media2017-01-01
• The awakeningMicroformH.S. Stone & Company1899-01-01
• The AwakeningMass Market PaperbackAvon Books1972-07-01
• Awakening, TheMass Market PaperbackBantam Classics1985-04-01
• The AwakeningHardcoverReprint Services Corp1988-05-01
• The Awakening (Enriched Classics)Mass Market PaperbackPocket1998-10-01