![]() ![]() The writing was considered to be terrible,” Warner said. ![]() The book, when it was first published, “was considered a scandal. ![]() “They play a game that she doesn’t understand and that she can’t master,” Warner said. After her marriage, she goes to New Orleans and is exposed to the freer Creole culture. Up until she marries, she’s been used to a very Presbyterian-Protestant life. Edna, the main character, is thrown in to a culture she isn’t familiar with. Though the novel deals with themes of depression, the actual term is not used in the text – possibly because, Miller muses, it just wasn’t part of the terminology at the time. The Word “Depression” Not Used In The Text Our guests discuss the book and its significance today. With talk of the so-called war on women in this election year, it seems particularly relevant to return to this landmark feminist novel. Kate Chopin’s turn-of-the-century novel “The Awakening” is our Readers’ Review book this month.
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