The Awakening - Kate Chopin
You can purchase books from Rovingheights with the link below https://rhbooks.com.ng/?ap_id=Jannaonyemaobi Hello everyone, it has been a while. Today I am going to review a book titled The Awakening by Kate Chopin. The Awakening is a book set at the end of the 19th century in new Orleans. The plot is centered on Edna Pontellier, a young woman who struggles with femininity, marriage and motherhood. Edna is married to Mr Pontellier and they have two sons. Mr Pontellier always travels for business so Edna spends most of her time with her friend Adele Ratignolle; who is seen as the ideal wife and mother, Robert Lebrun; a man Edna forms a deep connection with and Mademoiselle Reisz; a gifted pianist who Edna seeks for advice. Edna discovers an identity independent from her role as wife and mother and decides to explore it. She believes this awakening is what she was truly created to live for. Femininity and female independence was not a social norms at...