The awakening

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Contains: [The Awakening][1] Emancipation; At the 'Cadian ball ; [Désirée’s Baby][2] La belle Zoraide ; At Chênière Caminada ; The story of an hour ; Lilacs ; Athénaise ; [A Pair of Silk Stockings][3] [Nég Créol][4] Elizabeth Stock's one story ; The storm [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/OL20078930W/A_Pair_of_Silk_Stockings [4]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20078901W/Ne%CC%81g_Cre%CC%81ol

subjects: short stories,  miscegenation,  Louisiana Creoles,  quadroons,  racism,  impulse,  responsibility,  short story,  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,  Literary Anthologies,  Social life and customs,  fiction classics,  Short Stories & Anthologies,  language & literary studies,  classics,  contemporary fiction,  American fiction (fictional works by one author),  Fiction, short stories (single author),  Fiction, psychological,  Louisiana, fiction,  Married people, fiction,  New orleans (la.), fiction

People: Armand Aubigny,  Désirée,  Madame Valmont,  Sandrine,  La Blanche,  Mrs. Sommers,  César François Xavier,  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,  L’Abri,  New Orleans,  Grand Isle,  Chênière Caminada,  Gulf of Mexico,  Mexico,  New York City

Times: 19th century