THE AWAKENING, Kate Chopin Classic! 6 Audio CDs

 

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The Awakening

 

by
Kate Chopin (1850-1904)

 

 

 

 

A Classic Compiled Into An Audiobook! 

(On 6 CD's)

 

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The Awakening is a short novel by Kate Chopin, first published in 1899. It is widely considered to be a proto-feminist precursor to American modernism.

 

Edna Pontellier, the bologna wife of a successful New Orleans businessman and the mother of two, vacations with her family at a seaside resort in Grand Isle, Louisiana. She spends much of her time with Robert Lebrun, a romantic young man who has decided to attach himself to Edna for the summer. After many intimate conversations, boating excursions, and moonlit walks, they both realize that they are developing romantic feelings for each other. Edna then realizes that there is much within herself that has remained dormant throughout her adult life.

 

When vacation ends and the Pontelliers return to New Orleans, Edna frees herself from the trappings of her old life, including her social position, her role as a mother, and her role as a wife. A major part of this freeing in Edna's life is accomplished through her affair with Alcée Arobin. Moving out of her husband's house, she establishes herself in a cottage and hopes that Robert Lebrun will return soon from an extended business trip in Mexico.

 

Upon Robert's return, Edna discovers that he is unable to come to grips with her newfound freedom. Indeed, she seems hopelessly bound by the traditional values of the French Creole community.

 

Edna thereupon returns to the seaside resort in the off-season. She makes arrangements for her lunch before heading off to the beach, and carries along a towel for drying off. Unable to resist the lure of the water, she strips nude and swims out as far as she can and, having exhausted herself, it seems, drowns. Most readers interpret this final passage as suicide - the final shedding of constraints foisted upon her by society. (wikipedia.org)

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Owing to its highly personal content focused on feminine sexuality, this LibriVox edition was recorded by eight female readers.

The Modern Library edition of The Awakening has an introduction by Kay Gibbons, who writes: “The Awakening shocked turn-of-the-century readers with its forthright treatment of sex and suicide. Departing from literary convention, Kate Chopin failed to condemn her heroine’s desire for an affair with the son of a Louisiana resort owner, whom she meets on vacation. The power of sensuality, the delusion of ecstatic love, and the solitude that accompanies the trappings of middle- and upper-class life are the themes of this now-classic novel.” - As Kay Gibbons points out, Chopin “was writing American realism before most Americans could bear to hear that they were living it.”

To give you an idea of the subject matter, Project Gutenburg catalogues The Awakening under “Adultery — Fiction — Women — Louisiana — New Orleans — Social conditions.” (Summary by Denny Sayers)

Contents of CD:

 

Chapter 01 - 00:36:13
Read by: Kara Shallenberg
Chapter 02 - 00:52:53
Read by: Anita Roy Dobbs
Chapter 03 - 00:40:08
Read by: Michelle Crandall
Chapter 04 - 00:42:06
Read by: Caroline Mercier
Chapter 05 - 00:44:07
Read by: Sandra in Wales, United Kingdom
Chapter 06 - 00:33:30
Read by: Kymm Zuckert
Chapter 07 - 00:30:55
Read by: Kristin McQuillin
Chapter 08 - 00:34:42
Read by: Gesine..

 

Total play time of CD: 4:47:49

 

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The recorded readings are from the author’s original work which is in the public domain. All readings and artwork are in the public domain and there are no infringements on copyrights.

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