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The Awakening and Selected Stories

3.7/5 ( ratings)

A daring novel of a woman's sexual and spiritual rebirth

When it was published in 1899, charges of sordidness and immorality consigned this classic into initial obscurity and irreparably damaged its author's literary and social reputation.

Through careful, subtle changes of style, Chopin shows the transformation of Edna Pontellier, a young wife and mother who--with tragic consequences--refuses to be caged by married and domestic life and claims for herself moral and erotic freedom.

In her introduction, Sandra M. Gilbert considers the issues explored in the novel and the stories collected here--from their growth out of the feminist literary tradition of the nineteenth century, to their place among other concerns of fin de siécle writers in America and Europe, to their impact on contemporary feminist writing.

Language: English

Pages: 286

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Penguin Classics

Release: April 01, 1998

ISBN: 0140390227

ISBN 13: 9780140390223

The Awakening and Selected Stories

3.7/5 ( ratings)

A daring novel of a woman's sexual and spiritual rebirth

When it was published in 1899, charges of sordidness and immorality consigned this classic into initial obscurity and irreparably damaged its author's literary and social reputation.

Through careful, subtle changes of style, Chopin shows the transformation of Edna Pontellier, a young wife and mother who--with tragic consequences--refuses to be caged by married and domestic life and claims for herself moral and erotic freedom.

In her introduction, Sandra M. Gilbert considers the issues explored in the novel and the stories collected here--from their growth out of the feminist literary tradition of the nineteenth century, to their place among other concerns of fin de siécle writers in America and Europe, to their impact on contemporary feminist writing.

Language: English

Pages: 286

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Penguin Classics

Release: April 01, 1998

ISBN: 0140390227

ISBN 13: 9780140390223

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