标题: 《The Awakening and Selected Short Stories 》作者：- Kate Chopin 【EPUB】 [打印本页] 作者: zaq 时间: 2013-10-13 19:43 标题: 《The Awakening and Selected Short Stories 》作者：- Kate Chopin 【EPUB】 The Awakening is a novel by Kate Chopin, first published in 1899. Set in New Orleans and the Southern Louisiana coast at the end of the nineteenth century, the plot centers on Edna Pontellier and her struggle to reconcile her increasingly unorthodox views on femininity and motherhood with the prevailing patriarchal attitudes of the turn-of-the-century South. It is one of the earliest American novels that focuses on women's issues without condescension. It is also one of the most important novels written by an American