num_pages: 303
description: A reprint of the 1899 novel about Edna Pontellier, a Victorian-era wife and mother who is awakened to the full force of her desire for love and freedom when she becomes enamored with Robert LeBrun, a young man she meets while on vacation.
language: English
title: The Awakening
titlecomplete: The Awakening
characters: Edna Pontellier, Alcée Arobin, Léonce Pontellier, Robert Lebrun, Mademoiselle Reisz, Adèle Ratignolle
genres: Read For School, American, Historical Fiction, School, Literature, High School, Classics, Feminism, Fiction, 19th Century
ratings_count: 201590
places: Grand Isle, Louisiana, New Orleans, Louisiana
publisher: Reprint Services Corporation