The Awakening (Bantam Classics)

The Awakening (Bantam Classics)

The Awakening
by Kate Chopin

First published in 1899, this beautiful, brief novel so disturbed critics and the public that it was banished for decades afterward. Now widely read and admired, The Awakening has been hailed as an early vision of womanâ€™s emancipation. This sensuous book tells of a womanâ€™s abandonment of her family, her seduction, and her awakening to desires and passions that threaten to consume her.

Originally entitled A Solitary Soul, this portrait of twenty-eight-year-old Edna Pontellier is a landmark in American fiction, rooted firmly in the Romantic tradition of Herman Melville and Emily Dickinson. Here a woman engaged in self-discovery turns away from convention and society and toward the primal, irresistibly attracted to nature and the senses. The Awakening, Kate Chopinâ€™s last novel, has been praised by Edmund Wilson as â€œbeautifully written.â€ And Willa Cather described its style as â€œexquisite,â€ â€œsensitive,â€ and â€œiridescent.â€

This edition of The Awakening also includes a selection of short stories by Kate Chopin.
Country USA
Manufacturer Bantam Classics
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2003-06-03
Format Kindle eBook

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