‘The voice of the sea is seductive; never ceasing, whispering, clamoring, murmuring, inviting the soul to wander for a spell in abysses of solitude’ When first published in 1899, The Awakening attracted charges of immorality that seemed destined to consign it to obscurity. A century after Kate Chopin’s death, however, it is widely regarded as her greatest achievement. Through subtle, carefully modulated shifts of style, Chopin traces the transformation of Edna Pontellier — a young wife and mother who, with tragic consequences, refuses to be confined by marriage and domesticity and claims for herself a moral and erotic freedom. The Penguin English Library — collectable general readers’ editions of the best fiction in English, from the eighteenth century to the end of the Second World War.
ISBN 13: 9780241341421
Author: Kate Chopin
