It made Edna laugh, and she laughed, too, at the portrait in his first long trousers; while another interested her, taken when he left for college, looking thin, long-faced, with eyes full of fire ...

Women struggle and strive to make their voices heard in all times and nations: In the U.S. in 1899, Edna Pontellier, a fictional character in “The Awakening” by Kate Chopin, comes to the realization ...

Published in 1899, "The Awakening" follows Edna Pontellier on a journey of self-discovery as she breaks free from an unfulfilled marriage and the equally suffocating life it entails. Beginning and ...

When Edna entered the dining-room one evening a little late, as was her habit, an unusually animated conversation seemed to be going on. Several persons were talking at once, and Victor's voice ...