Kate Chopin's novel The Awakening caused a scandal with its outspokenness when it was published in 1899. The novel’s openly sexual themes and disregard for marital and societal conventions led to it not being reprinted for fifty years.
A reprint of the 1899 novel about Edna Pontellier, a Victorian-era wife and mother who is awakened to the full force of her desire for love and freedom when she becomes enamored with Robert LeBrun, a young man she meets while on vacation.
The Awakening by Kate Chopin from Coterie Classics All Coterie Classics have been formatted for ereaders and devices and include a bonus link to the free audio book. “She was becoming herself and daily casting aside that fictitious self ...
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The Awakening, and Selected Short Stories: Large Print By Kate Chopin
The Awakening is a masterful collection of short stories by Kate Chopin. It includes nine excellent tales by one of the leading writers of the 19th century.
Presents "The Awakening" and seventeen short stories, including "A Shameful Affair," "At the 'Cadian Ball," and "Madame Celestin's Divorce"
Edna is shown as a sexual being for the first time in the novel, but the affair proves awkward and emotionally fraught. ... ... The Awakening, and Selected Short Stories by Kate Chopin
The Awakening, and Selected Short Stories by Kate Chopin
The Awakening: The Awakening: and Selected Short Stories