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The Awakening
Author: Margaret Culley, Kate Chopin

Book Information

Publisher: Norton
Book Type: Paperback

Rating: 7

ISBN-13: 9780393091724 - ISBN-10: 0393091724
Publication Date: 5/6/1981
Pages: 240

Book Description:

Norton Critical Edition

"She grew daring and reckless. Overestimating her strength. She wanted to swim far out. Where no woman had swum before."

Kate Chopin's novel is a probing psychological study of a woman who, oppressed by family life and her romantic difficulties, drowns herself in the ocean. It is also an examination of a particular culture at the end of the 19th century: the aristocratic society of southern Louisiana. Condemned at the time it was written, THE AWAKENING has been valued in later years for its unflinching honesty and sexual frankness.

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Sandra L. (GrannyBookworm) from W JEFFERSON, NC wrote on 1/26/2007...

Great book for high school or college students reading Kate Chopin. Great critical articles for reference.

Diane P. (idyll) from IDYLLWILD, CA wrote on 6/18/2006...

"Meeting initially with widespread hostile criticism, the novel went out of print for a half a century in [the U.S.] Now widely read, especially in college courses, this novel has established itself as one of a few classic novels written by a woman at the turn of the century...."

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