All Reviews by Aleshanee Coos

The Awakening & Other Short Stories

by Kate Chopin

If you wish a summer read that is surprisingly modern for when it was written and can act as a mood control with all of it's rich detail and languid introspection, this may be for you. Also it is short, which in our time, face it, can be a recommendation in itself. At any rate I find myself enjoying it a great deal atm. The character descriptions are superb, a treat, often introspective, though. And the very best thing is how easily Kate Chopin transports us into her world without any strain or without it feeling top-heavy. Remember this is prototypical feminism, because without a deliberate effort to keep this in mind you will simply forget and view the central character as a woman in personal growth mode with every accompanying joy and pain.