The Awakeningby Kate Chopin | |
| List(s): | "Carp 500" "Racine Library List" |
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| Category: |
"Fiction - General" |
| Pages: | 190 |
| Year of Publication: | 1899 |
| Date Read: | 10/02/1994 |
| Notes: | When first published, The Awakening was considered controversial because of its frank treatment of both adulterous love between a married woman, Edna Pontellier, and an unmarried younger man, Robert LeGrun, and the subject of female sexuality. COMMENTS — Katherine Chopin’s father, Thomas O’Flaherty, was a founder of the Pacific Railroad, and unfortunately, was aboard the train on its inaugural trip in 1855 when it plunged into the Gasconade River after a bridge collapsed. Only a few years later, in 1863, Kate’s older brother George was captured by Union forces during the Civil War and died from typhoid fever while a prisoner of war. Kate married Louisiana native Oscar Chopin in 1870. In 1883, he died of swamp fever, leaving Kate with six young children. |
| My Rating: | 4 |
Reviewed by Roger on 2003-07-20 13:25:54
