NovelGuide: The Awakening: Novel Summary: Part 2

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Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13		 Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26		 Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39

Chapter 2

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Edna and Robert talk with each other about their swim and about Robert's desire to travel to Mexico in the fall to seek his fortune. He currently works as a clerk in a New Orleans mercantile house, earning a "modest" living. His mother, in contrast, is able to enjoy "the easy and comfortable existence which appeared to be her birthright," thanks to "exclusive visitors" from the French Quarter who spend their summers with the Lebruns at Grand Isle. In this brief chapter, readers also learn a little about Edna's background. She grew up on a plantation in Kentucky. She reads a letter from her sister, "who [is] away in the East." Her husband has still not returned by the time she finishes reading the letter; Robert suggests that Mr. Pontellier is occupied elsewhere in the company of fellow "New Orleans club men" at Klein's hotel. Edna leaves to go to her room; Robert plays with her children, who like him a great deal.

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