Title: American Women Writers
Description: [The Awakening][1] / Kate Chopin --
A whisper in the dark / Louisa May Alcott --
Selected stories / Edna Ferber --
The house of mirth (an extract) / Edith Wharton.


  [1]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL15841605W/The_Awakening
Subjects: Modern Literature, American literature, feminist literature, Louisiana Creoles, feminist fiction, manners and customs, literary fiction, Fiction, Adultery in fiction, Women in fiction, Adultery, Women, Self-actualization (Psychology), Married women, Married women in fiction, Psychological fiction, Psychology, Classic Literature, Man-woman relationships, Social conditions, American Short stories, American fiction, Women authors
Places: Louisiana, New Orleans, Grand Isle, Chênière Caminada, Gulf of Mexico, Mexico, New York City
People: Edna Pontellier, Léonce Pontellier, Etienne Pontellier, Raoul Pontellier, Madame Aline Lebrun, Robert Lebrun, Victor Lebrun, Mariequita, Adèle Ratignolle, Alphonse Ratignolle, Mademoiselle Reisz, Farival twins, Monsieur Farival, Beaudelet, Madame Antoine, Toni Antoine, Old Celestine, Ellen Joe, Doctor Mandelet, Alcée Arobin, Mrs. Highcamp, James Highcamp, Mrs. Merriman, Miss Mayblunt, Gouvernail, Madame Pontellier
Time periods: 19th century