The Awakening (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: Kate Chopin
- First Published: 1899
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Psychological realism
- Time of Work: Late nineteenth century
- Genres: Long fiction, Domestic realism
- Subjects: Self-discovery, Love or romance, Sex or sexuality, Suicide, South or Southerners, Gender roles, Nineteenth century, Marriage, Obsession, Creoles, Women’s issues, Adultery, New Orleans, Ethics, Gossip
- Locales: New Orleans, LA
Places Discussed
*Grand Isle. Island resort in the Gulf of Mexico about fifty miles south of New Orleans, Louisiana, where Léonce Pontellier’s family stays in a summer cottage. Léonce goes to his office in Carondelet Street in the financial quarter of New Orleans during the week, returning to the island on weekends.
The Pontelliers do not have a happy marriage. Like most characters in the novel, Léonce is a Creole descendant of New Orleans’s original French and Spanish settlers, and he is quite content with his life. His wife, Edna, however, was raised in a...
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