Download or read book The Awakening & Other Short Stories-Classic Edition(Annotated) written by Kate Chopin and published by . This book was released on 2021-02-10 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Awakening is a novel by Kate Chopin, first published in 1899. Set in New Orleans and on the Louisiana Gulf coast at the end of the 19th century, the plot centers on Edna Pontellier and her struggle .