The Awakening
Ranked #17 in New Orleans, Ranked #22 in 17-Year-Old — see more rankings.
When first published in 1899, The Awakening shocked readers with its honest treatment of female marital infidelity. Audiences accustomed to the pieties of late Victorian romantic fiction were taken aback by Chopin's daring portrayal of a woman trapped in a stifling marriage, who seeks and finds passionate physical love outside the confines of her domestic situation.
Aside from its unusually frank treatment of a then-controversial subject, the novel is widely admired today for its literary qualities. Edmund Wilson characterized it as a work "quite uninhibited and beautifully... more
Aside from its unusually frank treatment of a then-controversial subject, the novel is widely admired today for its literary qualities. Edmund Wilson characterized it as a work "quite uninhibited and beautifully... more
Rankings by Category
The Awakening is ranked in the following categories:
- #22 in 12th Grade
- #22 in 18-Year-Old
- #26 in Adultery
- #70 in American Literature
- #52 in Feminism
- #97 in Gender
- #79 in Gilmore Girls
- #73 in Infidelity
- #88 in Modernist
- #100 in South
- #94 in Suicide
- #91 in University
- #68 in Women
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