The Awakening

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Contains: [THE AWAKENING](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL65430W) BAYOU FOLK A No-Account Creole In and Out of Old Natchitoches In Sabine A very Fine Fiddle [Beyond the Bayou](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14943640W) Old Aunt Peggy The Return of Alcibiade A Rude Avakening The Bénitous Slave [Désirée's Baby](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20078777W) A Turkey Hunt Madame Célestin's Divorce Love on the Bon-Dieu Loka Boulöt and Boulotte For Marse Chouchoute A Visit to Avoyelles A Wizard from Gettysburg Ma'ame Pélagie At the 'Cadian Ball La Belle Zoraide A Gentleman of Bayou Téche A Lady of Bayou StJohn A NIGHT IN ACADIE A Night in Acadie Athénafse After the Winter Polydore Regret A Matter of Prejudice Caline A Dresden Lady in Dixie [Nég Créol](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20078901W) The Lilies Azélie Mamouche A Sentimental Soul Dead Men's Shoes At Chéniére Caminada Odalie Misses Mass Cavanelle Tante Cat'rinette A Respectable Woman Ripe Figs Ozeme's Holiday UNCOLLECTED STORIES Wiser Than a God A Point at Issue! Mrs Mobry's Reason The Maid of Saint Phillippe Dr Chevalier's Lie [The Story of an Hour](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20078864W) Lilacs The Kiss Her Letters Fedora [A Pair of Silk Stockings](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20078930W) An Egyptian Cigarette

subjects: impulse,  responsibility,  short story,  freedom,  selfhood,  self-fulfillment,  meaning of love,  short stories,  miscegenation,  Louisiana Creoles,  quadroons,  racism,  Social life and customs,  Fiction,  women,  Adultery,  Adultery in fiction,  American,  American fiction (fictional works by one author),  American literature,  Classic Literature,  feminist fiction,  feminist literature,  History,  Interpersonal attraction,  Interpersonal relations,  Literary Anthologies,  literary fiction,  Man-woman relationships,  manners and customs,  Marriage,  Married people,  Married women,  Modern Literature,  psychological,  Psychological fiction,  Psychology,  Self-actualization (Psychology),  Self-actualization (Psychology) in women,  Social conditions,  Women,  Manners and customs

People: Mrs. Sommers,  César François Xavier,  Louise Mallard,  Brently Mallard,  Josephine,  Richards,  Armand Aubigny,  Désirée,  Madame Valmont,  Sandrine,  La Blanche,  Jacqueline,  French,  P’tit Maître,  Old Mis',  Cheri,  Doctor Bonfils,  Tante,  Chéri’s mother,  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: Mallard residence,  Louisiana,  L’Abri,  La Folle's cabin,  Bellissime,  New Orleans,  Grand Isle,  Chênière Caminada,  Gulf of Mexico,  Mexico,  New York City

Times: The end of the 19th century,  19th century,  Antebellum era