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The Awakening

By: Kate Chopin
Narrated by: Shelly Frasier
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Edna Pontellier is married, twenty-eight, and at a crossroads in her life. She is passionate and artistic but has no one who understands her deep yearnings. She jumps at the chance to spend a summer away from her husband and the heat of New Orleans at a small coastal retreat.

Enveloped by a small circle of friends, she begins to throw off the strictures of the 1890s bourgeoisie. Stepwise, Edna renounces her obligations, takes a lover, and is propelled on a course that frees, consumes, and eventually destroys her.

In what was to be her last novel, Kate Chopin shocked the audiences of her day by depicting a woman being fulfilled by throwing off the ties of marriage and children.

Please note: This is a historical recording. The audio quality represents the technology of the time when it was produced.

(P)2005 Tantor Media, Inc.
Classics Women's Fiction Young Adult Marriage Romance

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"Interesting and timely...Chopin's oracular feminism and prophetic prophetic psychology almost outweigh her estimable literary talents." ( Newsweek)
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Emotionally insightful at times, otherwise frothy and tedious. Probably very enlightened for its time, but no longer enjoyable. Sound quality is VERY poor.

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