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    The Awakening shocked turn-of-the-century readers with its forthright treatment of sex and suicide. Departing from literary convention, Kate Chopin failed to condemn her heroine's desire for an affair with the son of a Louisiana resort owner, whom she meets on vacation. The power of sensuality, the delusion of ecstatic love, and the solitude that accompanies the trappings of middle- and upper-class life are the themes of this now-classic novel. As Kaye Gibbons points out in her Introduction, Chopin "was writing American realism before most Americans could bear to hear that they were living it."

    List of other short stories included:

    - Beyond the Bayou

    - Ma'ame Pelagie

    - Desiree's Baby

    - A Respectable Woman

    - The Kiss

    - A Pair Of Silk Stockings

    - The Locket

    - A Reflection
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherKate Chopin
    Release dateDec 17, 2016
    ISBN9781623958688
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    Kate Chopin

    Kate Chopin, born Katherine O'Flaherty (1850-1904), was an American writer of short stories and novels based in Louisiana. Chopin is best known for her novel The Awakening, and for her short story collections, Bayou Folk (1894) and A Night in Acadie (1897). Of French and Irish descent, her work depicted the various ethnic groups of Louisiana, especially of Creoles, with sensitivity and wit, and featured vivid descriptions of the natural environment there. After her husband died in 1882 and left her $42,000 in debt, Chopin took up writing to support her family of six children. Though popular, her serious literary qualities were overlooked in her day, and she is now seen as an important early American feminist writer.

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    • 5/5
      a perfect story
    • 4/5
      A milestone for feminism and realism, Chopin's masterpiece is as relevant today as it was over a century ago.
    • 5/5
      One of my favorite books of all time. The main character's search for identity and independence is wonderfully constructed. You yearn for her freedom and want her to be happy while also begging her to do the right thing for her family. Heavy symbolism runs throughout, but a very moving depiction of the stifling life of women.
    • 3/5
      About a middle-aged married woman's awakening to society, feminism, sexual passion, and art.A revealing book... but for such a passionate story, it surely uses a bland, distant writing style. I found everything very impersonal and impossible to get into or relate with.You could say this book is boring (it wouldn't be untrue...) but it also has good ideas and is a historical marker of the early feminist movement.Good, but more of a "school" or "research" type of book than just reading it for fun.
    • 2/5
      very interesting short stories
    • 5/5
      Chopin is good shit. Kirs picked it up for me after finding with horror that I'd never read her; she has literally never steered me wrong with books, so it's hardly surprising. (I wish I could say I had the same track record with her. Sorry about Kavalier and Clay!)

      "The Awakening" makes an interesting pair with Madame Bovary; the themes are nearly identical, but the execution is as different as it can be. Edna is an ambiguous character, and it's easy to feel that she's making some questionable decisions. Even her attitude toward her children is similar to Emma's. But overall, she's way more sympathetic than Emma.

      And I love novellas, man. They're a perfect afternoon.

      Her short stories are mostly good too: short, sharp things with fierce denouements. "Désirée's Baby" and "A Respectable Woman" were my favorites.

      I totally dug this.

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      Edition notes: eh. For one thing, this is mysteriously missing "Story of an Hour," probably her most-admired short story; I'll have to try to find that online. The intro is cursory, and the book itself is one of those little things where you have to fold half of it way back to get the margins to show.

      Most importantly: there's an endnote to "The Awakening" that spoils the ending if you're paying any attention. Specifically, it's note 4 to chapter XXI. Some of the others are helpful, but avoid that at all costs if you haven't read the book before.
    • 4/5
      Interesting series of victorian short stories based on in New Orleans.
    • 5/5
      One of the books I read in high school that blew me away. Kate Chopin was so ahead of her time, and I love the language, especially the passages describing the pull of the sea on the main character. This is probably in my all-time top ten books. The fact that I live in New Orleans now and a lot of the places Chopin mentions haven't changed in 100 years is also delightful.
    • 5/5
      Given to me my senior year of high school; a fantastic introduction to turn of the century feminism, a great companion piece to books like The House of Mirth.
    • 5/5
      This book reminds me of The Yellow Wallpaper. It's a commentary about the limitations placed on women in society and the desperate lengths some women will go to in order to find solace.
    • 5/5
      "I would give up the unessential; I would give my money, I would give my life for my children; but I wouldn't give myself. I can't make it more clear; it's only something which I am beginning to comprehend, which is revealing itself to me." This touching and meaningful passage from The Awakening says everything about the main character's realization that she can be more than an accessory to her husband and children. An early feminist novel, this story is both tragic and telling about the lives of women in the Victorian era.
    • 4/5
      This classic was published in 1899, but many people may not have had the opportunity to read it. Even though it’s over one hundred years old, the themes it raises are very relevant to us today and should spark a lot of discussion.The Awakening is remembered as an early feminist work. When Chopin published it, its subject was so radical that the book was denounced and the author was shunned by both readers and publishers. It is about a young wife and mother, Edna Pontellier, who finds herself changing during a pivotal summer at the Grand Isle resort in Louisiana.No longer content to remain in her traditional role, Edna awakens to a desire to live as she feels inside and finds it impossible to conceal her innermost passions from the world. But her desires conflict with the conventions of society. Women have come a long way since then, but we can still relate to how Edna feels and the obstacles she faces.