Awakening

Chopin, Kate

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Over one long, languid summer Edna Pontellier, fettered by marriage and mother, succumbs to Robert Lebrun’s devotion. But in the thrall of this ever-strenghening desire Edna begins to realise the true extent of her psychological, social and sexual confinement and its devastating consequences for her future.

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Publish Date: 07/06/2018
ISBN: 9780241341421 Category: Tag:

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‘The voice of the sea is seductive; never ceasing, whispering, clamoring, murmuring, inviting the soul to wander for a spell in abysses of solitude’
When ‘The Awakening’ was first published in 1899, charges of sordidness and immorality seemed to consign it into obscurity and irreparably damage its author’s reputation. But a century after her death, it is widely regarded as Kate Chopin’s great achievement. Through careful, subtle changes of style, Chopin shows the transformation of Edna Pontellier, a young wife and mother, who – with tragic consequences – refuses to be caged by married and domestic life, and claims for herself moral and erotic freedom.

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Weight 157 g
Dimensions 198 × 129 × 12 mm
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Cover

Paperback

Pages

224

Language

English

Edition

Reprint

Dewey

813.4 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K