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Book Review of The Awakening

The Awakening
The Awakening
Author: Kate Chopin
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Paperback
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Helpful Score: 3


The story of a married woman who seeks love outside a stuffy, middle-class marriage, it portrays definitively the mind of a woman seeking fulfillment of her essential nature. Despite comparisons, the book is not derivative; it has a style of it's own, and a magnificently evoked regional flavor. An American classic, advanced in theme and technique over the novels of its day.