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The Awakening: Original And Unabridged. Number of Pages: 162. Weight: 0.54 lbs. Publication Date: 2014-09-08. Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE ) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title: The Awakening: Original And Unabridged ISBN13: 9781500949365 ISBN10: 1500949361 Author: Chopin, Kate (Author) Description: (This is a RePrint) - The Awakening, By Kate Chopin, Is Set In New Orleans And The Southern Louisiana Coast At The End Of The Nineteenth Century Edna Pontellier Struggles To Reconcile Her Increasingly Unorthodox Views On Femininity And Motherhood With The Prevailing Social Attitudes Of The Turn-Of-The-Century American South It Is One Of The Earliest American Novels That Focuses On Women's Issues Without Condescension And 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 Binding: Paperback, Paperback Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform Publication Date: 2014-09-08 Weight: 0.54 lbs Dimensions: 0.37'' H x 9.02'' L x 5.98'' W Number of Pages: 162 Language: English