The Awakening and Selected Stories Joseph Massie is an act of defiance

is an act of defiance that is doomed to fail

honest and incredibly illuminating

— Francesca Wade

and finally to life in Paris as a failed doctor

The Awakening and Selected Stories Joseph Massie is an act of defianceA feminist literary landmark: the daring story of a woman's search for personal freedom that was so controversial in 1899 that it ended its author's career. With an effortless, sure handed artistry, Kate Chopin tells the story of Edna Pontellier, a young mother and model wife, whose romantic involvement with a young man at a seaside resort allows her for the first time to imagine a freer life. Upon her return to New Orleans, Edna leaves her husbands