The Awakening
By: by Kate Chopin ; with an introd. by Kenneth Eble
Edition: 1st Perigee printing, 17th impression
Publisher: Perigee
Published: 1980
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Number of pages: 303
ISBN-13: 9780399500312
Description: The resurgence of interest in American fiction of the late 19th century can do no better than to bring to the attention of a vast new audience this remarkable novel that shocked the reading public of 1899. An American MADAME BOVARY, it paved the way for many of the novels of today.

The story of a married woman who seeks love outside a stuffy, middle-class marriage, it portrays definitively the mind of a woman seeking fulfillment of her essential nature. Despite comparisons, the book is not derivative; it has a style of its own, and a magnificently evoked regional flavor. An American classic, advanced in theme and technique over the novels of its day, THE AWAKENING transcends its historical significance to remain a great reading experience.
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