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The Awakening and Selected Stories (Penguin Classics)
The Awakening and Selected Stories - Penguin Classics
Author: Kate Chopin, Sandra Gilbert
The Awakening shocked turn-of-the-century readers and reviewers with its treatment of sex and suicide.  In a departure 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 o...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780142437322
ISBN-10: 0142437328
Publication Date: 2/4/2003
Pages: 288
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Publisher: Penguin Classics
Book Type: Paperback
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Excellent book for group discussion clubs. Book caused outrage in 1899 because of its heroine forsook her husband and children in order to discover her true self.
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This is arguably the most famous women's era novels out there. I thoroughly enjoyed it.


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