Awakening, The

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Edna Pontellier, the wife of a business man and mother of two, vacations with her family at a resort in Louisiana. She meets Robert Lebrun. Suddenly, Edna realizes that she has suppressed a lot throughout her life. When the vacation ends, she frees herself from the trappings of her former life, including her social position, her role as a mother, and wife. She moves to a cottage and has an affair with Alcée Arobin. Later, she tries to reconnect with Robert, but he is unable to come to grips with her newfound freedom. Depressed, Edna returns to the resort and swims out as far as she can and, exhausted, drowns
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Details

Guided Reading Level
Z
Accelerated Reader Level
8.5
Lexile Reading Level
960
Fiction / Nonfiction
F
Author
Chopin, Kate
Publisher
Dover Publications, Incorporated

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