description: The central character of the novel is the personification of the urge of freedom and self-acknowledgement in women. To ensure independence and free will for herself, Edna Pontellier experiments with her life. With comparisons of life-styles, approaches to feminism and its manifestations, the novel is an in-depth study of human psychology.
language: English
title: Awakening
titlecomplete: Awakening
characters: Robert Lebrun, Alcée Arobin, Adèle Ratignolle, Edna Pontellier, Mademoiselle Reisz, Léonce Pontellier
genres: Fiction, American, School, Literature, Read For School, Classics, Feminism, High School, 19th Century, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 201590
places: Grand Isle, Louisiana, New Orleans, Louisiana
publisher: Read How You Want