![]() ![]() The use of dialect is not overly intrusive (compare "Uncle Tom's Cabin" and a host of grade-B writings from the period up through the 1950s). Style: Chopin writes smoothly and easily, with succulent descriptive passages. I suggest that it was considered unacceptable as much for for its denigration of the roles of wife and mother (at that time) as for its restrained sensuality and "coded" adultery, although I'm sure Eulalie Mackecknie Shinn would have disapproved of the book. The novel "The Awakening" might better be termed "The Abandonment." The sentiments exhibited are conventional romances, although with wit and some insight. Substance: The short stories are entertaining, in the 19th century style, with interesting views of the Louisiana Creole milieu. ![]()
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