Author : Kate Chopin
Publisher : e-artnow
ISBN 13 : 807583237X
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (758 download)
Book Synopsis THE AWAKENING (Feminist Classics Series) by : Kate Chopin
Download or read book THE AWAKENING (Feminist Classics Series) written by Kate Chopin and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2017-05-29 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Awakening, originally titled A Solitary Soul, is the story of Edna Pontellier and her struggle between her increasingly unorthodox views on femininity and motherhood with the prevailing social attitudes of the turn-of-the-century American South. The novel is set in New Orleans and on the Louisiana Gulf coast at the end of the 19th century, and 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 a mixed reaction from contemporary readers and critics. Kate Chopin (1850-1904) was an American author of short stories and novels. She is now considered by some to have been a forerunner of the feminist authors of the 20th century of Southern or Catholic background, such as Zelda Fitzgerald. Her major works include two short story collections, Bayou Folk and A Night in Acadie, and novel The Awakening. Within a decade of her death, Chopin was widely recognized as one of the leading writers of her time.