The AwakeningThe central character of the novel is the personification of the urge of freedom and self-acknowledgement in women. To ensure independence and free will for herself, Edna Pontellier experiments with her life. With comparisons of life-styles, approaches to feminism and its manifestations, the novel is an in-depth study of human psychology.... |
Contents
Chapter I | 8 |
Chapter IX | 65 |
Chapter X | 76 |
Chapter XI | 88 |
Chapter XII | 93 |
Chapter XIII | 103 |
Chapter XIV | 114 |
Chapter XV | 118 |
Chapter XIX | 165 |
Chapter XX | 170 |
Chapter XXI | 179 |
Chapter XXII | 188 |
Chapter XXIII | 197 |
Chapter XXIV | 207 |
Chapter XXV | 214 |
Chapter XXVI | 227 |
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