The Awakening
By (author): "Helen Taylor, Kate Chopin"
Publish Date:
1899
ISBN0704347334
ISBN139780704347335
AsinThe Awakening
CharactersEdna Pontellier, Léonce Pontellier, Robert Lebrun, Alcée Arobin, Adèle
Original titleThe Awakening
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 for women it is a holy privilege to efface themselves as individuals. She fights back in the only manner she knows.