Barnes & Noble Classics: The Awakening and Selected Short Fiction (Paperback)

from RebeccaAnn

Edna, an obedient housewife, wants more from life. She's not really the housewife, motherly type. She's not fond of her children. She wants to be free to go after her own desires and it is this which, in the end, claims her life. The book, as a story, is okay. It's kind of slow and doesn't really...

from jackichan

I found the more I read of The Awakening the more I got into it. The last few chapters were rather enjoyable. A classic feminist text, worth the effort if you are interested in the cause.

from katiekrug

I wanted to like The Awakening, I really did. As a strong, independent woman, I know it is my duty to celebrate others like me, whether real or fictional. But good Lord, Edna Pontellier has got to be one of the most unsympathetic, frustrating, and annoying heroines in all of literature. Yes, her ...

from katiekrug

I wanted to like The Awakening, I really did. As a strong, independent woman, I know it is my duty to celebrate others like me, whether real or fictional. But good Lord, Edna Pontellier has got to be one of the most unsympathetic, frustrating, and annoying heroines in all of literature. Yes, her ...

from novelrdr

Edna Pontellier discovers her own desires - artistic, financial, and social independence - as she matures and her marriage ages. She begins to exercise personal choices, then realizes that society is not ready to accept them.