Lost in the Sea...

The Awakening is the famous (and very controversial) novel by Kate Chopin. Edna is the protagonist of the work. We see her life, her relationship with her husband and children, her adultery, and her emotional and sexual awakening. Based on the critical response of this work, Kate Chopin never wrote another novel, but this novel is still studied as an important work in American literature and as an essential reading selection in feminist and women's literature.

In The Awakening, Kate Chopin writes: "The water of the Gulf stretched out before her, gleaming with the million lights of the sun. The voice of the sea is seductive, never ceasing, whispering, clamoring, murmuring, inviting the soul to wander an abysses of solitude. All along the white beach, up and down, there was no living thing in sight. A bird with a broken wing was beating the air above, reeling, fluttering, circling disabled down, down to the water."

Read the novel, peruse a few quotes, and then take a look at a review of The Awakening. (Also, find more study resources.)

The Awakening takes us to the beach, and out to sea. Enjoy The Awakening this summer!