The Awakening
Edna Pontellier, a wife and mother on a Louisiana summer island, begins to feel a longing she cannot name, and an attraction to a young man that she cannot ignore. A short, daring novel from 1899 about a woman deciding who she wants to be. By Kate Chopin (1899). A public-domain classic.
Content warnings: Sexual content · Suicide
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How it begins A green and yellow parrot, which hung in a cage outside the door, kept repeating over and over:“Allez vous-en! Allez vous-en! Sapristi! That’s all right!” Keep reading →Chapters
- 1Chapter I5 min · 9 Nov
- 2Chapter II3 min · 9 Nov
- 3Chapter III6 min · 9 Nov
- 4Chapter IV5 min · 9 Nov
- 5Chapter V6 min · 9 Nov
- 6Chapter VI2 min · 9 Nov
- 7Chapter VII12 min · 9 Nov
- 8Chapter VIII6 min · 9 Nov
- 9Chapter IX8 min · 9 Nov
- 10Chapter X8 min · 9 Nov
- 11Chapter XI3 min · 9 Nov
- 12Chapter XII6 min · 9 Nov
- 13Chapter XIII8 min · 9 Nov
- 14Chapter XIV3 min · 9 Nov
- 15Chapter XV10 min · 9 Nov
- 16Chapter XVI8 min · 9 Nov
- 17Chapter XVII7 min · 9 Nov
- 18Chapter XVIII7 min · 9 Nov
- 19Chapter XIX4 min · 9 Nov
- 20Chapter XX7 min · 9 Nov
- 21Chapter XXI6 min · 9 Nov
- 22Chapter XXII6 min · 9 Nov
- 23Chapter XXIII8 min · 9 Nov
- 24Chapter XXIV5 min · 9 Nov
- 25Chapter XXV9 min · 9 Nov
- 26Chapter XXVI9 min · 9 Nov
- 27Chapter XXVII3 min · 9 Nov
- 28Chapter XXVIII1 min · 9 Nov
- 29Chapter XXIX4 min · 9 Nov
- 30Chapter XXX10 min · 9 Nov
- 31Chapter XXXI4 min · 9 Nov
- 32Chapter XXXII4 min · 9 Nov
- 33Chapter XXXIII10 min · 9 Nov
- 34Chapter XXXIV5 min · 9 Nov
- 35Chapter XXXV4 min · 9 Nov
- 36Chapter XXXVI8 min · 9 Nov
- 37Chapter XXXVII4 min · 9 Nov
- 38Chapter XXXVIII4 min · 9 Nov
- 39Chapter XXXIX7 min · 9 Nov
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