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Dewey Decimal Number: 813.4 Format: Kindle Book Label: Bantam Classics Manufacturer: Bantam Classics Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 240 Publication Date: June 03, 2003 Publisher: Bantam Classics Release Date: June 03, 2003 Studio: Bantam Classics Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: 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 woman’s emancipation. This sensuous book tells of a woman’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 Chopin’s last novel, has been praised by Edmund Wilson as “beautifully written.” And Willa Cather described its style as “exquisite,” “sensitive,” and “iridescent.” This edition of The Awakening also includes a selection of short stories by Kate Chopin. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - ClassicThe Awakening is a novella about a young married woman in New Orleans during the late 1800s who suddenly develops a taste for freedom - to make her own decisions and live with the consequences. An exciting concept only because of the setting. The storyline is really very mild for today's readers. The only thing that makes this underdeveloped novella worth reading today is knowing what era the author was from and the impact it made with her peers when this story was released. Were it ... Read More Rating: - A Statement on Non-Traditional SensibilitiesAn interesting portrayal of how non-traditional women seem to have no options. Awaiting the modern day version. Who's going to write it???? Rating: - LovelyI don't know if I have such great memories of this book because my friends I made such fun of it--but most of the books we mock are things we truly enjoyed. Honestly, we all get a little sick of the depression and the whininess, but essentially this is a deep and thought-provoking novel of early feminism. It's symbolic and beautiful despite all its darkness. Rating: - not so simple, not so obviousThe protagonist of this excellent novel is commonly seen as a victim of the repression and hopelessness of women's desires for autonomy in middle-class American society around the end of the 19th century. This view is easily justifiable, and Chopin does give the reader plenty of pointers toward this interpretation. But a different and also arguable view is that Edna Pontellier is not so much a victim, but rather a failure. Just what is her problem? Her husband is well off and considerate. ... Read More Rating:  - How long have I been asleep?On the cover page the following sentence caught my eye: "Written nearly one hundred years ago, THE AWAKENING is the compelling story of an extraordinary modern woman struggling against the constraints of marriage and motherhood, and slowly discovering the power of her own sexuality" (Avon Books). And truthfully, yes, that does sum everything up into a nice tidy bow. The novel is primarily about Edna Pontellier a woman in a loveless marriage. Edna wakes up from her half dead sleep once she embraces ... Read More 
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