The Awakening and Other StoriesAuthor :
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Published : Thursday 19 September 2024
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To all outside appearances, Edna Pontellier is a respectable married woman living in New Orleans with her fond, indulgent husband and her two young sons. Beneath Ednas smooth, graceful face, however, lurks a woman of passion, a woman who will not-or simply cannot-efface herself in the role that her husband expects of her: an angelic being who reveres him, dotes on their children, and obediently erases her individuality in service to the familys happiness. But one lazy summer vacation and an apparently harmless infatuation will push Edna beyond this quiet, settled life, placing her directly at odds with societys expectations of what a woman should be. This volume features additional short stories, including works that wrestled with such topics as racial passing, in "Désirées Baby," infidelity, in "A Respectable Woman," and queer attraction, in "Fedora."
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