The Awakening : And Other Stories by Kate, Knights, Pamela (Lecturer in English and American Literature, Lecturer in English and Chopin

The Awakening : And Other Stories by Kate, Knights, Pamela (Lecturer in English and American Literature, Lecturer in English and Chopin'She wanted to swim far out, where no woman had swum before.' Kate Chopin was one of the most individual and adventurous of nineteenth century american writers, whose fiction explored new and often startling territory. When her most famous story, The Awakening, was first published in 1899, it stunned readers with its frank portrayal of the inner word of Edna Pontellier, and its daring criticisms of the limits of marriage and motherhood. The subtle

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