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Awakening

CATALOG DESCRIPTION

Awakening is a book by Kate Chopin. Its subjects include Adultery; Women, Louisiana, New Orleans, Social conditions; Self-actualization (Psychology).

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Description source: Project Gutenberg bibliographic metadata; original wording. Original factual description.

REVIEW COVERAGE

Partially reviewed

Original notes based on the cited sources. This is a partial assessment; categories we haven’t assessed remain unknown.

CONTENT BREAKDOWN

What’s in this entry?

Nudity

Moderate

In the inspected ending, a woman removes her bathing clothes and stands naked outdoors before swimming.

Frightening & intense themes

Strong

The ending depicts a distressed woman swimming farther from shore until exhaustion, strongly suggesting self-destructive drowning. This is a literary-content advisory.

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Review sources

Guide updated 2026-11-11T16:48:39Z · Parents Forge limited text assessment

Awakening — primary text, Project Gutenberg 160 · Source (accessed 2026-11-11)
Named author; Project Gutenberg transcription. Concise original advisory by Parents Forge.