{"product_id":"the-awakening-and-other-stories-9781454953098","title":"The Awakening and Other Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e To all outside appearances, Edna Pontellier is a respectable married woman living in New Orleans with her fond, indulgent husband and her two young sons. Beneath Edna's smooth, graceful face, however, lurks a woman of passion, a woman who will not--or simply cannot--efface herself in the role that her husband expects of her: an angelic being who reveres him, dotes on their children, and obediently erases her individuality in service to the family's happiness. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e But one lazy summer vacation and an apparently harmless infatuation will push Edna beyond this quiet, settled life, placing her directly at odds with society's expectations of what a woman should be. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This volume features additional short stories, including works that wrestled with such topics as racial passing, in \"Désirée's Baby,\" infidelity, in \"A Respectable Woman,\" and queer attraction, in \"Fedora.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Union Square \u0026amp; Co.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/24\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781454953098\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader Quiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e50679 \/ Awakening and Other Stories\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.3 \/ \u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade \/ \u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 17\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Kate Chopin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44576573489333,"sku":"9781454953098","price":7.64,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_0cc9c123-2050-4dd6-b07f-83c77c4ea4f5.jpg?v=1724175813","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-awakening-and-other-stories-9781454953098","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}