The AwakeningWhen first published in 1899, The Awakening shocked readers with its honest treatment of female marital infidelity. Audiences accustomed to the pieties of late Victorian romantic fiction were taken aback by Chopin's daring portrayal of a woman trapped in a stifling marriage, who seeks and finds passionate physical love outside the straitened confines of her domestic situation. |
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Section 2 | 10 |
Section 3 | 13 |
Section 4 | 39 |
Section 5 | 53 |
Section 6 | 71 |
Section 7 | 78 |
Section 8 | 84 |
Section 9 | 86 |
Section 10 | 105 |
Section 11 | 109 |
Section 12 | 111 |
Section 13 | 113 |