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The Awakening
- Author
- Kate Chopin
- Narrator
- Katherine Fenton
- Publisher
- SNR Audio
- Publish Date
- 28 November 2024
- Run Time
- 6 hours 4 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
The Awakening caused a stir amongst it's readers when it was first published in 1899.
With its realistic portrayal of female marital infidelity, an anudience accustomed to the pieties of late Victorian romantic fiction were shocked by Chopin's radical portrayal of a woman trapped in a stifling marriage, seeking passionate physical love outside the confines of her domestic situation.
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Details
- Author
- Kate Chopin
- Narrator
- Katherine Fenton
- Duration
- 6 hours 4 minutes
- Release Date
- 28 November 2024
- ISBN
- 9781805362012
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- SNR Audio
- Genre
- Classic fiction: general and literary, Fiction: general and literary
Synopsis
The Awakening caused a stir amongst it's readers when it was first published in 1899. With its realistic portrayal of female marital infidelity, an anudience accustomed to the pieties of late Victorian romantic fiction were shocked by Chopin's radical portrayal of a woman trapped in a stifling marriage, seeking passionate physical love outside the confines of her domestic situation.
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