The Awakening ✸ Kate Chopin Capricorn Edition 🌊 Edna Pontellier seeks fulfillment far outside her stuffy, middle class marriage in this novel that shocked the reading public of 1899, so unflinching in its portrayal of a woman's inner life that the Mercantile Library in Chopin's native St. Louis pulled it from circulation. Author: Kate Chopin Release Year: 1964 Original Publish Year: 1899 Publisher: Capricorn Books #theawakening #book #americanclassic #vintagebook #paperback the awakening kate chopin • american classic novel • feminist literature collectible • vintage capricorn paperback • 1899 novel reprint • dark academia classic • banned book collector piece • edna pontellier novel • collectible vintage classic • american literature collector • early feminist fiction • vintage 1960s paperback • classic novel bookshelf • collectible controversial classic • louisiana set literature