The Awakening (A Women's Press Classic)

by Kate Chopin

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1899

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New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Grand Isle, Louisiana, USA

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Radcliffe Publishing Course Top 100 Novels of the 20th Century (50)

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Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0684819120, Hardcover)

A woman seeks love and the fulfillment of her essential nature outside of her stuffy, middle-class marriage. This book shocked the readers of 1899 and paved the way for the modern novel. Three 90-minute cassettes and one 60.

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