The Awakening and Selected Short Fiction

The Awakening and Selected Short Fiction
ISBN-10
1593081138
ISBN-13
9781593081133
Category
Adultery
Pages
288
Language
English
Published
2005-03
Publisher
Barnes & Noble Classics
Author
Kate Chopin

Description

Set in and around New Orleans, The Awakening tells the story of Edna Pontellier, a young wife and mother. While on vacation, Edna meets the son of a Lousiana resort owner, with whom she gradually falls in love. As she pulls away from her husband, Edna begins to develop a sense of herself as a whole person, with unique wants, interests, and desires. Determined to control her own life, she flouts convention by moving out of her husband's house, having an adulterous affair, and becoming an artist. --back cover.

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