The Awakening & Other Stories

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Contains: [The Awakening][1] Wiser than a god. -- A point at issue! -- A shameful affair. -- Miss McEnders. -- At the 'Cadian Ball. -- [Desiree's Baby][2] Madame Celestin's divorce. -- A Lady of Bayou St. John. -- La Belle Zoraide. -- A respectable woman. -- [The Story of an Hour][3] Regret. -- The kiss. -- Athenaise. -- [A Pair of Silk Stockings][4] [1]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL15841605W/The_Awakening [2]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20078777W/D%C3%A9sir%C3%A9e%E2%80%99s_Baby [3]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20078864W/The_Story_of_an_Hour [4]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20078930W/A_Pair_of_Silk_Stockings

subjects: short stories,  miscegenation,  Louisiana Creoles,  quadroons,  racism,  impulse,  responsibility,  short story,  freedom,  selfhood,  self-fulfilment,  meaning of love,  fiction,  social life and customs,  manners and customs,  Modern Literature,  American literature,  feminist literature,  feminist fiction,  literary fiction,  Adultery in fiction,  Women in fiction,  Adultery,  Women,  Self-actualization (Psychology),  Married women,  Married women in fiction,  Psychological fiction,  Psychology,  Classic Literature,  Man-woman relationships,  Social conditions

People: Armand Aubigny,  Désirée,  Madame Valmont,  Sandrine,  La Blanche,  Mrs. Sommers,  Louise Mallard,  Brently Mallard,  Josephine,  Richards,  Edna Pontellier,  Léonce Pontellier,  Etienne Pontellier,  Raoul Pontellier,  Madame Aline Lebrun,  Robert Lebrun,  Victor Lebrun,  Mariequita,  Adèle Ratignolle,  Alphonse Ratignolle,  Mademoiselle Reisz,  Farival twins,  Monsieur Farival,  Beaudelet,  Madame Antoine,  Toni Antoine,  Old Celestine,  Ellen Joe,  Doctor Mandelet,  Alcée Arobin,  Mrs. Highcamp,  James Highcamp,  Mrs. Merriman,  Miss Mayblunt,  Gouvernail,  Madame Pontellier

Places: Louisiana,  United States,  New Orleans,  Grand Isle,  Chênière Caminada,  Gulf of Mexico,  Mexico,  New York City,  L’Abri,  Mallard residence

Times: 19th century