The release date for the English version of 'The Awakening' by
Kate Chopin is Jan 2006. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
Readers were stunned by The Awakening's candid portrayal of female marital adultery when it was originally published in 1899. Chopin's audacious depiction of a woman imprisoned in an oppressive marriage who seeks and finds intense physical love beyond the boundaries of her home position stunned audiences used to the pieties of late Victorian romance literature.
Aside from its very candid handling of a contentious issue at the time, the work is still highly regarded for its literary merits. It was described by Edmund Wilson as "quite uninhibited and beautifully written, which anticipates D. H. Lawrence in its treatment of infidelity." While the subject of adultery in marriage is seldom shocking nowadays, few books have explored the mind of a woman in an extramarital affair with the insight, grace, and candor that Kate Chopin provided to The Awakening.