The Awakening

Kate Chopin's 1899 masterpiece was so far ahead of its time that it destroyed her literary career—and became one of the most important novels in American literature. Edna Pontellier is a young wife and mother vacationing on the Louisiana Gulf Coast when she begins to 'awaken' to desires and ambitions that her society forbids women to have. Her journey toward independence and self-discovery remains as radical and heartbreaking today as it was over a century ago. A pioneering work of feminist literature that speaks to every woman who has ever felt trapped by expectation. A Raven's Gate Classics edition with hauntingly beautiful new cover art.