The protagonist rejects Mademoiselle Reisz's attempt to temper family obligations with an artistic talent, and has affairs with Alcee Arobin and Robert LeBrun before walking into the sea.
The main character of this novel borrows a book by the Brothers Goncourt from a woman who makes her black servants do her sewing because she believes it is unhealthy. That character had eloped from her strict Kentucky family to marry a man who gets angry when she ignores Reception Day. The protagonist rejects Mademoiselle Reisz's attempt to temper family obligations with an artistic talent, and has affairs with Alcee Arobin and Robert LeBrun before walking into the sea. For 10 points, name this novel about Edna Pontellier by Kate Chopin.
The main character of this novel borrows a book by the Brothers Goncourt from a woman who makes her black servants do her sewing because she believes it is unhealthy.
The Awakening