Contains the title work about a Victorian-era wife and mother who becomes enamored with a young man she meets while on vacation, and includes twelve additional short stories by nineteenth-century American author Kate Chopin.
Presents the 1899 novel about Edna Pontellier, a Victorian-era wife and mother who is awakened to the full force of her desire for love and freedom when she becomes enamored with Robert LeBrun, a young man she meets while on vacation, and includes thirty-two short stories by Kate Chopin, drawn from throughout her career.
Includes:The awakening.--Wiser than a god.--A point at issue!--A shameful affair.--Miss McEnders.--At the 'Cadian Ball.--Dsire's baby.--Madame Celestin's divorce.--A lady of Bayou St. John.--La belle Zorade.--A respectable woman.--The story of an hour.--Regret.--The kiss.--Athnase.--A pair of silk stockings.--The storm.--Charlie.
In the summer of the 1890s, Edna Pontellier and her children vacation in the coastal town of Grand Isle, Louisiana, and, unsatisfied with her marriage and her role as parent, she has an affair which arouses and renews her soul.
Edna Pontellier, a young married woman with two small children gradually awakens, to her individuality and sexuality and experiences love outside of her passionless marriage.
