Tells the story of Edna Pontellier, a wife and mother living in Victorian-era New Orleans. On a summer vacation, she meets and falls in love with a young man, leading to a series of unexpected, escalating events as she acts upon her deepening feelings.
year: 1993, 1976, 2002, 2008, 1996, 1972, 2011, 1992, 1999, 2005
call number/section: 1000, 813.09, 813.4
subjects: adultery, fiction, women, new orleans, social conditions, self-actualization (psychology), new orleans (la.), new orleans (la.), fiction, chopin, kate, 1851-1904, awakening, love stories, married women, american literature, 19th century, psychology, man-woman relationships, man-woman relationship, wives, self-realization, louisiana, psychological fiction, romance fiction
Editions
Chopin, Kate
Dover (1993)
An unabridged republication of the 1899 novel about a Victorian-era woman who finds passionate physical love with a young man she meets while on vacation.
Schools: 7
Chopin, Kate
Norton (1976)
Schools: 2
Chopin, Kate
Women's Press (2002)
A reprint of the 1899 novel about Edna Pontellier, a Victorian-era wife and mother who is awakened to the full force of her desire for love and freedom when she becomes enamored with Robert LeBrun, a young man she meets while on vacation.
Schools: 1
Chopin, Kate
Bedford/St. Martin's (2008)
Schools: 1
Chopin, Kate
Prometheus Books (1996)
Edna Pontellier, dissatisfied with her indifferent husband, gives in to her desire for other men and commits adultery.
Schools: 0
Chopin, Kate
Avon (1972)
Edna Pontellier, a Victorian-era wife and mother, is awakened to the full force of her desire for love and freedom when she becomes enamored with Robert LeBrun, a young man she meets while on vacation.
Schools: 2
Chopin, Kate
Vintage Books (2011)
Tells the story of Edna Pontellier, a wife and mother living in Victorian-era New Orleans. On a summer vacation, she meets and falls in love with a young man, leading to a series of unexpected, escalating events as she acts upon her deepening feelings.
Schools: 1
Chopin, Kate
Lightyear Pr (1992)
Schools: 0
Chopin, Kate
The Women's Press (1999)
Edna Pontellier, a young married woman with two small children gradually awakens, to her individuality and sexuality and experiences love outside of her passionless marriage.
Schools: 0
Chopin, Kate
Blackstone Audio (2005)
In the summer of the 1890s, Edna Pontellier and her children vacation in the coastal town of Grand Isle, Louisiana, and, unsatisfied with her marriage and her role as parent, she has an affair which arouses and renews her soul.
Schools: 1
Chopin, Kate
Edna Pontellier, a Victorian-era wife and mother, is awakened to the full force on her desire for love and freedom when she becomes enamored with Robert LeBrun, a young man she meets while on vacation.
Schools: 0