The Awakening
Ratings14
Average rating3.5
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Ratings14
Average rating3.5
Contains:
[The Awakening][1]
A Point at Issue
A Shameful Affair
[The Story of an Hour][2]
At the 'Cadian Ball
La Belle Zoraide
[Desiree's Baby][3]
The Storm
[1]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL15841605W/The_Awakening
[2]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20078864W/The_Story_of_an_Hour
[3]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20078777W/D%C3%A9sir%C3%A9e%E2%80%99s_Baby
Reviews with the most likes.
Absolutely brilliant! This and Jane Eyre, talk about strong Victorian women!
Also, a note to today's literary fiction writers. You can put a lot in less than 200 words, if you know what you are doing...
I read this book in high school and could not remember much about it, except that it had a profound effect on me at the time. So, on a whim, I picked it up again this summer, and now I see why it gets so cleverly under the skin. Edna Pontellier is one of those undefinable characters in literature who ask more question than they answer. She is no hero, but neither is she the victim of this story. Instead, she's caught somewhere in between, in that frustratingly flawed space that it can be painful to face. But Chopin is unflinching, and thank god for that.
