How you explore The Awakening on Literah
The cast, the places, the objects, the plot, and the author’s own words — each one a card in a feed you scroll on your phone. One at a time, at your pace, in any order you like.
- Built for your phone. Literah is designed for mobile, so your worlds travel with you. On a laptop it shows a QR code to carry the world to your phone.
- A feed, not a wall of text. 22 characters, 11 places, 11 objects and 6 plot beats, each its own card with its own illustration.
- The author’s own words. 40 passages of The Awakening sit in the feed verbatim, exactly as Kate Chopin wrote them, each with a short reading of what it is doing. The map is ours; the prose is always the book’s.
- The same scroll, a better world. The gesture you already give away to feeds, spent on Kate Chopin instead.
The Awakening feed, as it appears in your mobile
The plot of The Awakening
The story beat by beat, as Literah maps it.
- Grand Isle
- Learning to Swim
- Robert Leaves
- Becoming Herself
- The Pigeon House
- The Final Sea
The author's pen in The Awakening
The passages themselves, Kate Chopin's own words, as Literah maps it.
- The Parrot at the Doorch. 1
- The Rings Sparkledch. 1
- An Unfamiliar Oppressionch. 3
- Not a Mother Womanch. 4
- Adèle Ratignolle's Charmsch. 4
- Sketching Madame Ratignollech. 5
- The Voice of the Seach. 6
- The Inward Lifech. 7
- Running Away From Prayersch. 7
- Let Mrs. Pontellier Alonech. 8
- Passions Without Picturesch. 9
- Swimming Far Outch. 10
- Edna Refuses to Come Inch. 11
- Alone in the White Bedch. 13
- Robert Going To Mexicoch. 15
- Seeking Robert in His Absencech. 16
- I Would Not Give Myselfch. 16
- The Unmarked Ringch. 17
- I Simply Went Outch. 17
- Desire at the Easelch. 19
The characters of The Awakening
Who is who, as Literah maps it.
- Edna Pontelliermajor
- Robert Lebrunmajor
- Léonce Pontelliermajor
- Adèle Ratignollemajor
- Mademoiselle Reiszmajor
- Raoul Pontelliersupporting
- Etienne Pontelliersupporting
- Madame Lebrunsupporting
- Victor Lebrunsupporting
- Alphonse Ratignollesupporting
- Doctor Mandeletsupporting
- The Lady in Blackminor
- The Loversminor
- Janetminor
- Colonel Pontellier / Edna's Fathersupporting
- The Farival Twinsminor
The locations in The Awakening
Where it happens, as Literah maps it.
- Grand Isleisland resort
- The Sea / Gulf Shoreshoreline
- Lebrun Cottagespension cottages
- The Pontellier House in New Orleanstown house
- The Pigeon Housesmall house
- Mademoiselle Reisz’s Apartmentapartment
- Chênière Caminadaisland settlement
- The Beach Bath-Housesbath-house
- Klein’s Hotelhotel
- Carondelet Streetbusiness district
- The Ratignolle Homefamily home
The core concepts in The Awakening
What the book keeps returning to, as Literah maps it.
- Selfhood vs. social identity
- Motherhood vs. self-erasure
- Desire vs. possession
- Art vs. respectability
- The sea as freedom and danger
- Houses as ownership and experiment
- Language, music, and the unsayable
- Creole society and outsiderhood
The objects of note in The Awakening
The things that carry meaning, as Literah maps it.
- Edna's Sketches and Painting Materials
- Mademoiselle Reisz's Piano
- Robert's Letters
- Edna's Wedding Ring
- The Caged Parrot
- The White Sunshade
- Adèle Ratignolle's Sewing Materials
- Children's Garments
- Léonce's Newspaper
- Money and Gifts from Léonce
- Robert's Final Note
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