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The Awakening

by Kate Chopin
Shelly Frasier
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Edna Pontellier is married, twenty-eight, and at a crossroads in her life. She is passionate and artistic but has no one who understands her deep yearnings. She jumps at the chance to spend a summer away from her husband and the heat of New Orleans at a small coastal retreat. Enveloped by a small circle of friends, she begins to throw off the strictures of the 1890s bourgeoisie. Stepwise, Edna renounces her obligations, takes a lover, and is propelled on a course that frees, consumes, and eventually destroys her. In what was to be her last novel, Kate Chopin shocked the audiences of her day by depicting a woman being fulfilled by throwing off the ties of marriage and children.
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Publisher: Tantor Media, Inc. Edition: Unabridged

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  • ISBN: 9781400129072
  • File size: 146531 KB
  • Release date: February 2, 2009
  • Duration: 05:05:16

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  • ISBN: 9781400129072
  • File size: 146720 KB
  • Release date: February 2, 2009
  • Duration: 05:05:16
  • Number of parts: 4
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Classic Literature Fiction Literature

Languages

English

Levels

Lexile® Measure:960
Text Difficulty:5-6

Edna Pontellier is married, twenty-eight, and at a crossroads in her life. She is passionate and artistic but has no one who understands her deep yearnings. She jumps at the chance to spend a summer away from her husband and the heat of New Orleans at a small coastal retreat. Enveloped by a small circle of friends, she begins to throw off the strictures of the 1890s bourgeoisie. Stepwise, Edna renounces her obligations, takes a lover, and is propelled on a course that frees, consumes, and eventually destroys her. In what was to be her last novel, Kate Chopin shocked the audiences of her day by depicting a woman being fulfilled by throwing off the ties of marriage and children.
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Classic Literature Fiction Literature
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