Published in 1899, the short novel of feminist fiction is a sympathetic portrayal of a woman's discovery of
the stifling bonds of her marriage and the strengh of her own sexuality.
Table of Contents
Introduction
A Note on the Text
Chronology
Selected Bibliography
The Awakening
Wiser Than a God
A Point at Issue!
A Shameful Affair
Miss McEnders
At the 'Cadian Ball
Désirée's Baby
Madame Celestin's Divorce
A Lady of Bayou St. John
La Belle Zoraïde
A Respectable Woman
The Story of an Hour
Regret
The Kiss
Athénïse
A Pair of Silk Stockings
The Storm
Charlie