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by: Kate Chopin  Availability: unknown
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Binding: PaperbackEAN: 9781438242927 ISBN: 1438242921 Label: CreateSpace Manufacturer: CreateSpace Number Of Pages: 102 Publication Date: August 11, 2008 Publisher: CreateSpace Release Date: August 11, 2008 Studio: CreateSpace Related Items:
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 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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