text: This character faintheartedly commits herself to improving her studies after a night of reading Emerson alone in her house, and hushes Victor when he begins singing "
full_question: This character faintheartedly commits herself to improving her studies after a night of reading Emerson alone in her house, and hushes Victor when he begins singing "Ah! Si tu savais!" While talking to a friend, she declares that she would give up the "unessential things" for her children, but she wouldn't give herself up. Doctor Mandelet advises this character's husband to permit her whims, which include moving into a "pigeon house" outside of her house on Esplanade Street. This mother of Raoul and Etienne watches Adele Ratignolle give birth on her last night alive, and romances Alcee Arobin and Robert Lebrun while living in New Orleans. For 10 points, name this woman who swims as far as she can into the Gulf of Mexico at the end of Kate Chopin's novel The Awakening.
first_sentence: This character faintheartedly commits herself to improving her studies after a night of reading Emerson alone in her house, and hushes Victor when he begins singing "
raw_answer: Edna Pontellier [or Edna Pontellier]