The Awakening
Subtitle: and Selected Short Stories
Edition: Bantam Classic Edition, 8th printing
Publisher: Bantam Books
Published: 1988-02
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Number of pages: 211
ISBN-13: 9780553213300
Subjects: Literature: Texts; Short Stories (single author); Literature - Classics / Criticism; Literature: Classics; Classics; Fiction / Classics
First sentence: A green and yellow parrot, which hung in a cage outside the door, kept repeating over and over: "Allez vous-en!
Description: On a subaked 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 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' portrayal of a woman who resisted authority in her quest for freedom is now regarded as a landmark in American fiction. --back cover
Notes: US/CAN