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Tis about a woman discarding her anesthetised personality. And self realisation in annihilation.
A classic, required reading in high school, that I think has never gotten the attention is deserves. I am always haunted by it's theme of Edna walking straight into the ocean of the Gulf of Mexico and never coming back.
Plot is roughly as follows: Edna Pontellier, the wife of a successful New Orleans business man and the mother of two, realizes that there is much within herself that has remained dormant throughout her adult life. Edna begins a new life and yet her new love can't respect her new f ...more
Plot is roughly as follows: Edna Pontellier, the wife of a successful New Orleans business man and the mother of two, realizes that there is much within herself that has remained dormant throughout her adult life. Edna begins a new life and yet her new love can't respect her new f ...more
The novella is worth reading ten times. Of course, I would wish for a better ending, but given the times that Chopin lived in, it's amazing that she wrote this book about a woman imprisoned in marriage and child rearing at all.
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Eh. I wasn't a huge fan of the story, itself, but Norton's critical essays and historical background boost the overall book's rating.
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