Kate Chopin

A green and yellow parrot, which hung in a cage outside the door, kept repeating over and over: "Allez vous-en Allez vous-en Sapristi That's all right " He could speak a little Spanish, and also a language which nobody understood, unless it was the mocking-bird that hung on the other side of the door, whistling his fluty notes out upon the breeze with maddening persistence. Mr. Pontellier, unable to read his newspaper with any degree of comfort, arose with an expression and an exclamation of disgust. He walked down the gallery and across the narrow "bridges" which connected the Lebrun cottages one with the other. He had been seated before the door of the main house. The parrot and the mockingbird were the property of Madame Lebrun, and they had the right to make all the noise they wished. Mr. Pontellier had the privilege of quitting their society when they ceased to be entertaining.

The Awakening is a novel by Kate Chopin, first published in 1899. Set in New Orleans and on the Louisiana Gulf coast at the end of the 19th century, the plot centers on Edna Pontellier and her struggle between her increasingly unorthodox views on femininity and motherhood with the prevailing social attitudes of the turn-of-the-century American South. It is one of the earliest American novels that focuses on women's issues without condescension. It is also widely seen as a landmark work of early feminism, generating a mixed reaction from contemporary readers and critics. The novel's blend of realistic narrative, incisive social commentary, and psychological complexity makes The Awakening a precursor of American modernist literature; it prefigures the works of American novelists such as William Faulkner and Ernest Hemingway and echoes the works of contemporaries such as Edith Wharton and Henry James. It can also be considered among the first Southern works in a tradition that would culminate with the modern masterpieces of Faulkner, Flannery O'Connor, Eudora Welty, Katherine Anne Porter, and Tennessee Williams. The novel opens with the Pontellier family-L once, a New Orleans businessman of Louisiana Creole heritage; his wife Edna; and their two sons, Etienne and Raoul-vacationing on Grand Isle at a resort on the Gulf of Mexico managed by Madame Lebrun and her two sons, Robert and Victor.

The Awakening, initialement intitul A Solitary Soul est un roman de Kate Chopin, d'abord publi en 1899. Situ dans la Nouvelle-Orl ans et sur la c te du golfe de la Louisiane la fin du 19 me si cle, l'intrigue sur Edna Pontellier et sa lutte entre elle vues de plus en plus peu orthodoxes sur la f minit et de la maternit avec les attitudes sociales dominantes de l'Am rique du Sud turn-of-the-si cle. Il est l'un des premiers romans am ricains qui se concentre sur les probl mes des femmes sans condescendance. Il est galement largement consid r comme un ouvrage de r f rence du f minisme au d but, g n rant une r action mitig e des lecteurs et des critiques contemporains. Le m lange du roman de r cit r aliste, le commentaire social incisif, et de la complexit psychologique rend le r veil un pr curseur de la litt rature moderniste am ricaine; il pr figure les oeuvres de romanciers am ricains tels que William Faulkner et Ernest Hemingway et fait cho aux oeuvres des contemporains tels que Edith Wharton et Henry James. Il peut galement tre consid r parmi les premi res oeuvres du Sud dans une tradition qui allait culminer avec les chefs-d'oeuvre modernes de Faulkner, Flannery O'Connor, Eudora Welty, Katherine Anne Porter, et Tennessee Williams.

Originally published in 1899, The Awakening by Kate Chopin is considered a classic of feminist literature. "...beautifully written...anticipates D. H. Lawrence in its treatment of infidelity." EDMUND WILSON

"The voice of the sea speaks to the soul." --- Kate Chopin, The Awakening The Awakening, originally titled A Solitary Soul, is a novel by Kate Chopin, first published in 1899. Set in New Orleans and on the Louisiana Gulf coast at the end of the 19th century, the plot centers on Edna Pontellier and her struggle between her increasingly unorthodox views on femininity and motherhood with the prevailing social attitudes of the turn-of-the-century American South. It is one of the earliest American novels that focuses on women's issues without condescension. It is also widely seen as a landmark work of early feminism, generating a mixed reaction from contemporary readers and critics. The novel's blend of realistic narrative, incisive social commentary, and psychological complexity makes The Awakening a precursor of American modernist literature; it prefigures the works of American novelists such as William Faulkner and Ernest Hemingway and echoes the works of contemporaries such as Edith Wharton and Henry James. It can also be considered among the first Southern works in a tradition that would culminate with the modern masterpieces of Faulkner, Flannery O'Connor, Eudora Welty, Katherine Anne Porter, and Tennessee Williams.

The Awakening, originally titled A Solitary Soul, is a novel by Kate Chopin, first published in 1899. Set in New Orleans and on the Louisiana Gulf coast at the end of the 19th century, the plot centers on Edna Pontellier and her struggle between her increasingly unorthodox views on femininity and motherhood with the prevailing social attitudes of the turn-of-the-century American South. It is one of the earliest American novels that focuses on women's issues without condescension. It is also widely seen as a landmark work of early feminism, generating a mixed reaction from contemporary readers and critics. The novel's blend of realistic narrative, incisive social commentary, and psychological complexity makes The Awakening a precursor of American modernist literature; it prefigures the works of American novelists such as William Faulkner and Ernest Hemingway and echoes the works of contemporaries such as Edith Wharton and Henry James. It can also be considered among the first Southern works in a tradition that would culminate with the modern masterpieces of Faulkner, Flannery O'Connor, Eudora Welty, Katherine Anne Porter, and Tennessee Williams.

The Awakening, originally titled A Solitary Soul, is a novel by Kate Chopin, first published in 1899. Set in New Orleans and on the Louisiana Gulf coast at the end of the 19th century, the plot centers on Edna Pontellier and her struggle between her increasingly unorthodox views on femininity and motherhood with the prevailing social attitudes of the turn-of-the-century American South.

The Awakening, originally titled A Solitary Soul, is a novel by Kate Chopin, first published in 1899. Set in New Orleans and on the Louisiana Gulf coast at the end of the 19th century, the plot centers on Edna Pontellier and her struggle between her increasingly unorthodox views on femininity and motherhood with the prevailing social attitudes of the turn-of-the-century American South.

At Fault by Kate Chopin Kate Chopin, born Katherine O'Flaherty (February 8, 1850

”Ved hjælp af det nuancerede og poetiske sprog, hun var i besiddelse af, stillede Chopin nogle af de kvindelige oplevelser til skue, som ingen tidligere havde vedkendt sig. Virkningen var eksplosiv …””Jeg forundres stadig over Chopins realisme, hendes utålmodighed med traditionelt skønmaleri, hendes fængslende ærlighed.”-BARBARA KINGSOLVER“Rammende, begavet og uforglemmelig.”-MAGGIE O'FARRELL“Denne skelsættende, feministiske roman, udgivet første gang i 1899, er fortsat forbløffende relevant.”-JUDY BLUME, Elle, My Life in BooksI løbet af en lang, apatisk sommer stifter Edna Pontellier, bastet og bundet af ægteskab og moderskab, bekendtskab med Robert Lebrun. Efterhånden som dagene bliver kortere og temperaturen falder, giver Edna efter for Roberts tilbedelse. Men fanget af dette stadigt stærkere begær begynder Edna at indse det sande omfang af sin psykologiske, sociale og seksuelle indespærring og de ødelæggende konsekvenser, den har for hendes fremtid. En kvinde vågner betragtes som en af forløberne i den feministiske litteratur på linje med Tolstojs Anna Karenina og Flauberts Madame Bovary. Da den udkom første gang i USA i 1899, sendte denne radikale fortælling chokbølger gennem det amerikanske samfund, og den fortsætter uanfægtet med at tale til læserne nu mere end hundrede år senere. Denne fremragende, følsomme og forførende roman er lige så smukt skrevet, som den er politisk engagerende. Kate Chopin (1850 – 1904) var en amerikansk forfatterinde som betragtes som en af forløberne for det 19. århundredes feministiske forfattere. Hendes værker beskæftiger sig især med livet blandt "Creoles" og "Acadians" i delstaten Louisiana i det sydlige USA. Dette værk er hendes første på dansk.