The Awakening, originally titled A Solitary Soul, is a novel by Kate Chopin, first published in 1899. Set in New Orleans and the Southern Louisiana coast at the end of the nineteenth century, the plot centers on Edna Pontellier and her struggle to reconcile her increasingly unorthodox views on femininity …
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The Awakening, originally titled A Solitary Soul, is a novel by Kate Chopin, first published in 1899. Set in New Orleans and the Southern Louisiana coast at the end of the nineteenth century, the plot centers on Edna Pontellier and her struggle to reconcile her increasingly unorthodox views on femininity and motherhood with the prevailing social attitudes of the turn-of-the-century South. It is one of the earliest American novels that focuses on women's issues without condescension. It is also widely seen as a landmark work of early feminism, generating mixed reaction from contemporary readers and criticism. The novel's blend of realistic narrative, incisive social commentary, and psychological complexity makes The Awakening a precursor of American modernist literature; it prefigures the works of American novelists such as William Faulkner and Ernest Hemingway and echoes the works of contemporaries such as Edith Wharton and Henry James. It can also be considered among the first Southern works in a tradition that would culminate with the modern masterpieces of Faulkner, Flannery O'Connor, Eudora Welty, Katherine Anne Porter, and Tennessee Williams
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Awakening
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Published Feb. 8, 1982 by Tandem Library.
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Awakening
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Published July 23, 2022 by PurposeQuest Media.
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Awakening
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Published March 25, 2018 by Creative Media Partners, LLC.
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Awakening
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Published March 25, 2017 by Lulu Press, Inc..
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Awakening
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Published March 25, 2016 by Lulu Press, Inc..
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Awakening
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Published March 25, 2020 by Lulu Press, Inc..
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Awakening
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Published March 25, 2012 by AD Classic.
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Awakening
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Published July 23, 2003 by Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W..
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Awakening
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Published July 23, 2015 by Xist Publishing.
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- 978-1-62395-868-8Copied ISBN!
Awakening
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Published July 23, 2016 by Xist Publishing.
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- 978-1-68195-939-9Copied ISBN!
Awakening
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Published July 23, 2017 by Xist Publishing.
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Awakening
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Published March 25, 2014 by Open Road Integrated Media, Inc..
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Awakening
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Published March 25, 2011 by AD Classic.
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The Awakening
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Published Aug. 8, 1986 by Recorded Books.
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