The Awakening

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Contains: [The Awakening][1] Emancipation: A Life Fable A Shameful Affair At the ‘Cadian Ball [Désirée’s Baby][2] A Gentleman of Bayou Têche A Respectable Woman [The Story of an Hour][3] Athénaïse [A Pair of Silk Stockings][4] Elizabeth Stock’s One Story The Storm The Godmother A Little Country Girl [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-fulfillment,  meaning of love,  Modern Literature,  American literature,  feminist literature,  feminist fiction,  manners and customs,  literary fiction,  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,  love stories,  single author short stories,  Criticism and interpretation,  Literary Anthologies,  Social life and customs,  Manners and customs,  American fiction (fictional works by one author),  Fiction, short stories (single author),  Fiction, psychological,  New orleans (la.), fiction,  Married people, fiction

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,  New Orleans,  Grand Isle,  Chênière Caminada,  Gulf of Mexico,  Mexico,  New York City,  L’Abri,  Mallard residence

Times: 19th century