For 10 points, name this Kate Chopin novel in which Edna Pontellier discovers sexuality and then commits suicide by drowning herself in the ocean.
In one scene in this work, the protagonist tears her handkerchief and breaks a vase after her husband leaves to take dinner at the club, and after that husband leaves to attend Janet's wedding she moves into a smaller house. That protagonist later takes up painting to remind herself of her youth and is mentored by a pianist named Reisz. One character consults Doctor Mandelet about changes in his wife's behavior, who pursues an affair with Alcee Arobin until Robert LeBrun returns from Mexico. For 10 points, name this Kate Chopin novel in which Edna Pontellier discovers sexuality and then commits suicide by drowning herself in the ocean.
In one scene in this work, the protagonist tears her handkerchief and breaks a vase after her husband leaves to take dinner at the club, and after that husband leaves to attend Janet's wedding she moves into a smaller house.
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