The Awakening - Kate Chopin

By Kate Chopin

Release Date: 2010-07-08

Genre: Romance

3.5 (21 ratings)
Set in New Orleans and the Southern Louisiana  coast at the end of the nineteenth century, the plot centers around Edna Pontellier and her struggle to reconcile her increasingly unorthodox views on femininity and motherhood with the prevailing social attitudes of the turn-of-the-century South. It is one of the earliest American novels that focuses on women's issues without condescension. It is also one of the most important novels written by an American woman in the nineteenth century.

The Awakening - Kate Chopin

By Kate Chopin

Release Date: 2010-07-08

Genre: Romance

3.5 (21 ratings)
Set in New Orleans and the Southern Louisiana  coast at the end of the nineteenth century, the plot centers around Edna Pontellier and her struggle to reconcile her increasingly unorthodox views on femininity and motherhood with the prevailing social attitudes of the turn-of-the-century South. It is one of the earliest American novels that focuses on women's issues without condescension. It is also one of the most important novels written by an American woman in the nineteenth century.

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