'Kate Chopin is a pioneer in the treatment of sexuality in American literature, discussing realistically, metaphorically and symbolically woman's desire to become a person in her own right, and the vexed question of the relationship between sex and love' The Sunday Times

Edna Pontellier is a young woman living comfortably in the beautiful city of New Orleans. She is fond of her husband and proud of her sons but finds it impossible to accept that "for women it is a holy privilege to efface themselves as individuals". She fights back in the only manner she knows.
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Product details

ISBN
9780704347335
Published
2002-02-01
Publisher
The Women's Press Ltd
Weight
159 gr
Height
198 mm
Width
129 mm
Age
01, G
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
205

Author

Biographical note

Kate Chopin was born in St Louis, Missouri in 1850. The Awakening was her third novel and was first published in 1899.