NovelGuide: The Awakening: Novel Summary: Part 22

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Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
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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 22

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While in New Orleans one morning, Mr. Pontellier visits Dr. Mandelet, his friend and family physician. Pontellier expresses his concerns about Edna to the doctor: "She's odd; she's not like herself . . . . Her whole attitude-toward me and everybody and everything-has changed." We learn that Edna is refusing to go to her sister Janet's wedding (see Chapter III), since she now believes that "a wedding is one of the most lamentable spectacles on earth." Mandelet advises Pontellier to leave Edna alone for the time being. He attributes Edna's odd behavior to "some passing whim . . . which you and I needn't try to fathom." He promises to stop and see Edna on the following Thursday. After Pontellier leaves, Mandelet reflects that he would have liked to have asked, "Is there any man in the case?", but refrained, deferring to les convenances of Creole society.

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