The Awakening and Selected Short Stories
Edition: Bantam Classic Edition (4)
Publisher: Bantam Books
Published: 1981-10
Place of publication: Toronto
Language: eng
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Number of pages: 211
ISBN-13: 9780553211672
Subjects: Literature - Classics / Criticism
Other titles: The Awakening
First sentence: A green and yellow parrot, which hung in a cage outside the door, kept repeating over and over: "Allez vous-en! Allez vous-en! Sapristi! That's all right!"
Description: On a sunbaked Creole isle, Edna Pontellier, twenty-eight-year-old wife and mother, experiences the first pangs of passion and desire--an awakening so intense that Edna promises herself it is only the beginning. Far too bold and candid for its time, THE AWAKENING (1899) sparked a vicious national scandal that plagued Kate Chopin for the rest of her life. Richly evocative and sensuous, Chopin's portrayal of a woman who resisted authority in her quest for freedom is now regarded as a landmark in American fiction.
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Notes: US/CAN