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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.5 - AR Pts: 12
Lexile measure
960L
Language
English
Description
Over one long, languid summer Edna Pontellier, fettered by marriage and motherhood, becomes acquainted with Robert Lebrun. As the days shorten and the temperature begins to drop Edna succumbs to Robert's devotion. But in the thrall of this ever-strengthening desire Edna begins to realise the true extent of her psychological, social and sexual confinement and its devastating consequences for her future. This tender, brilliant, and seductive novel is...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 17
Lexile measure
1030L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Readers and critics were scandalized by The Awakening when it was first published, but it is now regarded as among the boldest and earliest examples of feminist fiction. It is published here with a selection of Chopin's strikingly perceptive short stories and introduced by Dr J. Michelle Coghlan, a specialist in American literature. In The Awakening, Edna Pontellier is on holiday with her husband and two young children at a sleepy resort town on the...
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Series
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
"With her children, Edna Pontellier spends a summer on Grand Isle, away from her husband and their home in New Orleans. Moved by a compelling and growing awareness of herself as a person apart from her family, Edna succumbs to her eagerness for independence. In the end, this attitude affects her responsibility to her family and her willingness to accept the traditional moral code." --Provided by publisher.
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