The Awakening
- Author: Kate Chopin
- Narrator: Gil Anders
- Publisher: Author's Republic
- Duration: 5:29:33
Synopsis
‘The Awakening’ is an 1899 novel by Kate Chopin set in New Orleans and the Gulf coast at the end of the 19th century. It is widely seen as a seminal work of early feminism which put the spotlight on women's issues. The story is about Edna Pontellier, the wife of a New Orleans businessman, who falls in love with Robert Lebrun, a man she meets at a resort on the Gulf of Mexico. When the family returns to New Orleans, Edna isolates herself from society and withdraws from some of the duties customarily associated with motherhood. Edna has two friends that give her opposite advice: her close friend Adèle Ratignolle and the pianist Mademoiselle Reisz who lives a life of independence. Ultimately Robert withdraws from Edna’s life, claiming in a note that he refuses to shame her in the eyes of society. The combination of realistic narrative, psychological complexity and social commentary makes ‘The Awakening’ a forerunner of American modernist literature and prefigures the works of novelists like William Faulkner and Ernest Hemingway.
Chapters
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chapter 01
Duration: 11s -
chapter 02
Duration: 06min -
chapter 03
Duration: 04min -
chapter 04
Duration: 07min -
chapter 05
Duration: 07min -
chapter 06
Duration: 08min -
chapter 07
Duration: 01min -
chapter 08
Duration: 18min -
chapter 09
Duration: 08min -
chapter 10
Duration: 11min -
chapter 11
Duration: 11min -
chapter 12
Duration: 04min -
chapter 13
Duration: 08min -
chapter 14
Duration: 11min -
chapter 15
Duration: 04min -
chapter 16
Duration: 13min -
chapter 17
Duration: 11min -
chapter 18
Duration: 10min -
chapter 19
Duration: 10min -
chapter 20
Duration: 04min