Download or read book Kate Chopin: The Awakening and Other Short Stories (English Edition) written by Kate Chopin and published by . This book was released on 2018-12-18 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The novel “The Awakening” by Kate Chopin centers on Edna Pontellier and her struggle between her increasingly unorthodox views on femininity with the social attitudes of the American South.