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        The Awakening


        setting

        New Orleans, Lousiana

        time

        19th century

        language

        English

        region

        North America

        year published

        1899

        page count

        192

        difficulty

        Intermediate

        main characters

        Edna Pontellier

        Rip's impressions

        Reserved for Guest Editor

        first line

        A green and yellow parrot, which hung in a cage outside the door, kept repeating over and over: "Allez vous-en! Allez vous-en! Sapristi! That's all right!"

        last lines

        (spoiler alert)