The Awakening

The voice of the sea is seductive; never ceasing, whispering, clamoring, murmuring, inviting the soul to wander for a spell in abysses of solitude''br>When ''The Awakening'' was first published in 1899, charges of sordidness and immorality seemed to consign it into obscurity and irreparably damage its author''s reputation. But a century after her death, it is widely regarded as Kate Chopin''s great achievement. Through careful, subtle changes of style, Chopin shows the transformation of Edna Pontellier, a young wife and mother, who - with tragic consequences - refuses to be caged by married and domestic life, and claims for herself moral and erotic freedom.br>br>The Penguin English Library - collectable general readers'' editions of the best fiction in English, from the eighteenth century to the end of the Second World War.>

Product details

• Authors: Kate Chopin
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 30.06.2018
• EAN: 9780241341421
• ISBN: 978-0-241-34142-1
• No. of pages: 208
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 12 mm
• Series: Penguin Classics; The Penguin English Library; Penguin Classics; The Penguin English Library
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; New Orleans, Narrative theme: Interior life, Feminism and feminist theory, FICTION / Feminist, c 1890 to c 1899