Edna spends most of her time with her close friend Adèle Ratignolle, who cheerily and boisterously reminds Edna of her duties as a wife and mother. At Grand Isle, Edna eventually forms a connection with Robert Lebrun, a charming, earnest young man who actively seeks Edna's attention and affections. When they fall in love, Robert senses the doomed nature of such a relationship and flees to Mexico under the guise of pursuing a nameless business venture. The narrative focus moves to Edna's shifting emotions as she reconciles her maternal duties with her desire for social freedom and to be with Robert.A novel widely seen as a landmark work of early feminism, generating a mixed reaction from contemporary readers and critics.

Set in New Orleans, the story follows Edna Pontellier and her struggle to reconcile her increasingly unorthodox views on femininity and motherhood. It is one of the earliest American novels that focuses on women's issues. The novel's blend of realistic narrative, incisive social commentary, and psychological complexity makes The Awakening a precursor of American modernism.

The Awakening, originally titled A Solitary Soul, is a novel by Kate Chopin, first published in 1899. Set in New Orleans and on the Louisiana Gulf coast at the end of the 19th century, the plot centers on Edna Pontellier and her struggle between her increasingly unorthodox views on femininity and motherhood with the prevailing social attitudes of the turn-of-the-century American South.

During her career as a writer, Kate Chopin wrote many short stories, and novels. Her first novel was At Fault (1889), and two short stories collections where published in 1894 and 1897: Bayou Folk and A Night In Acadie. All of these works depicted the life in Louisiana and were at the time well received by critics and by the public. In 1899, the publication of her novel The Awakening resulted in outrage, due to the actions of the main character and her lack of remorse. The works of Kate Chopin are today part of the American literature canon. You will find them all in this meticulously compiled edition, which includes previously uncollected short stories. This book contains the following works : - Bayou Folk, a short stories collection. - A Night in Acadie, another short stories collection. - At Fault, a novel. - The Awakening, a novel, followed by short stories. - Previously uncollected short stories.