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The Awakening: and Selected Short Stories
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories
Author: Kate Chopin
The Awakening, originally titled A Solitary Soul, 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 o...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781537471952
ISBN-10: 1537471953
Publication Date: 9/4/2016
Pages: 134
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Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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This book has been a touchstone for me for the last 10 years. I first read it in college and didn't give it much thought after completing the required assignment. Years later I picked it up on a whim and it was a totally different literary experience. I have felt exactly like Edna some many times in my adult life. I have read this book over and over to the point of falling apart and still have not tired of it.


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