The Awakening

Author(s): Kate Chopin

Fiction

Edna Pontellier is a young woman living comfortably in the beautiful city of New Orleans. She is fond of her husband and proud of her sons but finds it impossible to accept that

General Information

  • : 9780704347335
  • : womenp
  • : womenp
  • : 0.159
  • : 01 February 2002
  • : United Kingdom
  • : books

Other Specifications

  • : Kate Chopin
  • : Paperback
  • : 205

More About The Product

'Kate Chopin is a pioneer in the treatment of sexuality in American literature, discussing realistically, metaphorically and symbolically woman's desire to become a person in her own right, and the vexed question of the relationship between sex and love' The Sunday Times

Kate Chopin was born in St Louis, Missouri in 1850. The Awakening was her third novel and was first published in 1899.