Name: The Awakening and Selected Short Stories
Author: Kate Chopin

The Awakening is a novel written by Kate Chopin and first published in 1899.

Set in the late 19th century, the story takes place between New Orleans and the southern coast of Louisiana. Edna Pontellier is a woman struggling to reconcile her views on femininity and motherhood, which are increasingly alienated from the social attitudes of the time.

The novel mixes realistic narrative with social commentary which makes it one of the forerunners of modernism. It was also one of the most important novels written by an American woman in the 19th century.

Selected short stories:

Beyond the bayou
Ma'ame pelagie
Desiree's baby
A respectable womanv
The kiss
A pair of silk stockings
The locketv
A reflection

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WHY READ THE AWAKENING AND SELECTED SHORT STORIES IN 2025?

126 years later, still timely

Desire, duty, and the Gulf’s bright water: Chopin writes a woman’s interior with daring clarity, then surrounds it with short fictions sharp as shells. Freedom here feels sunlit and perilous.

TODAY'S CONNECTION

Still essential for conversations on autonomy, marriage scripts, and the costs of self-authorship.