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The Awakening

by Kate Chopin

1899 · Novel

Open Library OL65430W

Edna Pontellier, a wife in Creole New Orleans, stops agreeing that her life is already decided. Chopin’s novel was received coldly and later read as a classic.

About the author

Chopin’s The Awakening follows Edna Pontellier as she steps out of a marriage the novel refuses to treat as her whole life. The ending is still argued over because the book does not soften it. More of this shelf for Kate Chopin.

Where to read it

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