The Awakening

by Chopin, Kate | Fiction & related items
Published 25/05/2023 by Penguin Books Ltd (Penguin Classics) in the United Kingdom as part of the Little Clothbound Classics series
Hardback | 224 pages
167 x 120 x 22mm | 230g

Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-SmithThis candid portrayal of a woman who refuses to accept her allotted role as wife and mother caused an outcry when it was published in 1899.

It is the story of Edna Pontellier, who spends the summer on the Gulf of Mexico with her businessman husband and her two sons. When an illicit romance awakens unfamiliar ideas and longings in Edna, she discovers a new identity for herself, but cannot hope for understanding in the stifling attitudes of Louisiana society.