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The Awakening
First published 1899
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The Awakening 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 of the turn-of-the-century American South.
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It is one of the earliest American novels that focuses on women's issues without condescension. It is also widely seen as a landmark work of early feminism, generating a mixed reaction from contemporary readers and critics.
Source: Open Library
Book information
- Author
- Kate Chopin
- First published
- 1899
- Edition
- Awakening (Royal Collector's Edition) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket)
- Publisher
- AD Classic
- ISBN-13
- 9781774762547