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The Awakening, and Selected Short Stories — Kate Chopin
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The Awakening, and Selected Short Stories
by Kate Chopin · March 11, 2006
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1. A Green and Yellow Parrot, Which Hung in a Cage Outside the Door, Kept
2. Mrs. Pontellier's Eyes Were Quick and Bright; They Were a Yellowish
3. It Was Eleven O'Clock That Night When Mr. Pontellier Returned From
4. It Would Have Been a Difficult Matter for Mr. Pontellier to Define to
5. They Formed a Congenial Group Sitting There That Summer
6. Edna Pontellier Could Not Have Told Why, Wishing to Go to the Beach
7. Mrs. Pontellier Was Not a Woman Given to Confidences, a Characteristic
8. Chapter 8
9. Every Light in the Hall Was Ablaze; Every Lamp Turned as High as It
10. At All Events Robert Proposed It, and There Was Not a Dissenting Voice
11. Chapter 11
12. She Slept but a Few Hours. They Were Troubled and Feverish Hours
13. A Feeling of Oppression and Drowsiness Overcame Edna During the
14. The Youngest Boy, Etienne, Had Been Very Naughty, Madame Ratignolle
15. When Edna Entered the Dining-Room One Evening a Little Late, as Was Her
16. Chapter 16
17. The Pontelliers Possessed a Very Charming Home on Esplanade Street in
18. The Following Morning Mr. Pontellier, Upon Leaving for His Office
19. Edna Could Not Help but Think That It Was Very Foolish, Very Childish
20. It Was During Such a Mood That Edna Hunted Up Mademoiselle Reisz. She
21. Some People Contended That the Reason Mademoiselle Reisz Always Chose
22. One Morning on His Way Into Town Mr. Pontellier Stopped at the House of
23. Edna's Father Was in the City, and Had Been with Them Several Days. She
24. Edna and Her Father Had a Warm, and Almost Violent Dispute Upon the
25. When the Weather Was Dark and Cloudy Edna Could Not Work. She Needed
26. Alcee Arobin Wrote Edna an Elaborate Note of Apology, Palpitant with
27. Chapter 27
28. Edna Cried a Little That Night After Arobin Left Her. It Was Only One
29. Without Even Waiting for an Answer From Her Husband Regarding His
30. Though Edna Had Spoken of the Dinner as a Very Grand Affair, It Was in
31. Chapter 31
32. When Mr. Pontellier Learned of His Wife's Intention to Abandon Her Home
33. It Happened Sometimes When Edna Went to See Mademoiselle Reisz That the
34. The Dining-Room Was Very Small. Edna's Round Mahogany Would Have Almost
35. The Morning Was Full of Sunlight and Hope. Edna Could See Before Her No
36. There Was a Garden Out in the Suburbs; a Small, Leafy Corner, with a
37. Edna Looked in at the Drug Store. Monsieur Ratignolle Was Putting Up a
38. XXXVIII
39. Victor, with Hammer and Nails and Scraps of Scantling, Was Patching a
40. Beyond the Bayou
41. When the War Began, There Stood on Cote Joyeuse an Imposing Mansion of
42. La Petite Had Determined Upon Trying to Fit Herself to the Strange
43. Ma'Ame Pelagie, When She Saw That Her Sister Slept, Arose Noiselessly
44. Little More Than a Year Later the Transformation Which the Old Valmet
45. One Night in Autumn a Few Men Were Gathered About a Fire on the Slope
46. The Peace and Beauty of a Spring Day Had Descended Upon the Earth Like
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