Author

Kate Chopin

Chopin’s The Awakening follows Edna Pontellier as she steps out of a marriage the novel refuses to treat as her whole life. The ending is still argued over because the book does not soften it.

The Awakening

by Kate Chopin

1899 · Novel

Edna Pontellier, a wife in Creole New Orleans, stops agreeing that her life is already decided. Chopin’s novel was received coldly and later read as a classic.