The Awakening & Other Stories (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781387089161)

The Awakening shocked turn-of-the-century readers with its forthright treatment of sex and suicide. Departing from literary convention, Kate Chopin failed to condemn her heroine's desire for an affair with the son of a Louisiana resort owner, whom she meets on vacation. The power of sensuality, the delusion of ecstatic love, and the solitude that accompanies the trappings of middle- and upper-class life are the themes of this now-classic novel. As Kaye Gibbons points out in her Introduction, Chopin "was writing American realism before most Americans could bear to hear that they were living it." 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. It is one of the earliest American novels that focuses on women's issues without condescension.

Author: Kate Chopin
ISBN-10: 1387089161
ISBN-13: 9781387089161
Publisher: Lulu.com
Language: English
Published: 07/08/2017
Pages: 168
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.56lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.39d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 8.3
Point Value: 17
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 50679 / Awakening and Other Stories