At one point the protagonist of this novel confides in her friend that she would be willing sacrifice her material belongs and her life for her children but that she could not give up herself.
At one point the protagonist of this novel confides in her friend that she would be willing sacrifice her material belongs and her life for her children but that she could not give up herself. This conversation occurs just after a man leaves suddenly for business in Mexico, upsetting the protagonist of the novel with his hasty departure. A friend of the protagonist, Mademoiselle Reisz, is known for her gifted piano playing and the violets she puts in her hair. For 10 points, this is what novel in which Edna Pontellier's affair with Robert leads to her self-realization and demise, written by Kate Chopin?
At one point the protagonist of this novel confides in her friend that she would be willing sacrifice her material belongs and her life for her children but that she could not give up herself.
{The Awakening}