{"product_id":"the-awakening-introduction-by-elaine-showalter-9780679417217","title":"The Awakening: Introduction by Elaine Showalter","description":"\u003cp\u003eKate Chopin's riveting, daring story of one woman's search for personal freedom was so far ahead of its time that its publication in 1899 aroused a storm of controversy violent enough to end its author's career. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith an effortless, sure-handed artistry, Chopin tells the story of Edna Pontellier, a young mother and model wife, whose romantic involvement with a young man during a vacation at a seaside resort allows her for the first time to imagine a new, freer life. Upon her return to New Orleans, Edna leaves her husband's home for her own cottage and begins an affair, only to discover that the constraints of social custom may be more powerful than she thought. Contemporary readers and reviewers were shocked by the frank, unapologetic treatment of adultery in \u003ci\u003eThe Awakening\u003c\/i\u003e. The fact that we have the book at all is the most convincing tribute to its enduring, irrepressible power. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIntroduction by Elaine Showalter \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Everyman's Library\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/03\/1992\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780679417217\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.88lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.33h x 5.25w x 0.88d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader Quiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e15836 \/ Awakening\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.5 \/ \u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade \/ \u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Kate Chopin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42916959682741,"sku":"9780679417217","price":20.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_21550f03-8db1-49f4-b256-7630103c30c0.jpg?v=1687274452","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-awakening-introduction-by-elaine-showalter-9780679417217","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}