Edna Pontellier's The Awakening

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Edna Pontellier story takes place in 1890s Louisiana, within the upper-class creole society. Edna and her family are vacationing for the summer on the grand isle, located in Louisiana shore near New Orleans. They are staying at a pension and also Ratignolle family are staying in the pension too. Adele is a close friend of Edna although their philosophies and attitudes are different from each other. Another character who was staying in the pension is the young and charming Robert Lebrun. He was a player, he has a different woman each summer but this summer he caught Edna attentions. As Edna in the process of finding herself, then Robert start encouraging her by indulging her emerging sensuality. Edna and Robert become infatuated with each other