{"product_id":"9781454953098","title":"The Awakening and Other Stories","description":"Author: Kate Chopin\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781454953098\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Union Square\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Mar 2025\u003cbr\u003ePages: \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo all outside appearances, Edna Pontellier is a respectable married woman living in New Orleans with her fond, indulgent husband and her two young sons. Beneath Edna s smooth, graceful face, however, lurks a woman of passion, a woman who will not or simply cannot efface herself in the role that her husband expects of her: an angelic being who reveres him, dotes on their children, and obediently erases her individuality in service to the family s happiness.But one lazy summer vacation and an apparently harmless infatuation will push Edna beyond this quiet, settled life, placing her directly at odds with society s expectations of what a woman should be.This volume features additional short stories, including works that wrestled with such topics as racial passing, in  Desiree s Baby,  infidelity, in  A Respectable Woman,  and queer attraction, in  Fedora.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46717669310622,"sku":"ADS-9781454953098","price":14.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781454953098.jpg?v=1776128484","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781454953098","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}