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The Awakening: A Novel
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The Awakening: A Novel

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An exciting repackage of Kate Chopin’s classic novel as part of the Modern Library’s Torchbearer series, featuring a new introduction written by National Book Award finalist, Carmen Maria Machado.

The Awakening shocked turn-of-the-century readers and reviewers with its treatment of sex and suicide. In a departure from literary convention, Kate Chopin failed to condemn her heroine’s desire for an affair with the son of a Louisiana resort owner, whom she meets on vacation. The power of sensuality, the delusion of ecstatic love, and the solitude that accompanies the trappings of middle- and upper-class convention are themes of this now-classic novel.

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
Random House USA Inc
Country
United States
Date
18 June 2019
Pages
240
ISBN
9781984854360

An exciting repackage of Kate Chopin’s classic novel as part of the Modern Library’s Torchbearer series, featuring a new introduction written by National Book Award finalist, Carmen Maria Machado.

The Awakening shocked turn-of-the-century readers and reviewers with its treatment of sex and suicide. In a departure from literary convention, Kate Chopin failed to condemn her heroine’s desire for an affair with the son of a Louisiana resort owner, whom she meets on vacation. The power of sensuality, the delusion of ecstatic love, and the solitude that accompanies the trappings of middle- and upper-class convention are themes of this now-classic novel.

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
Random House USA Inc
Country
United States
Date
18 June 2019
Pages
240
ISBN
9781984854360