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The Awakening

Kate Chopin (1899)

Published in 1899, destroyed its author's career, and wasn't rediscovered until the 1960s — because it told the truth about women's inner lives a century before the world was ready.

EraAmerican Realism / Proto-Feminism
Pages128
Difficulty★★★☆☆ Challenging
AP Appearances9