The state of Louisiana, the end of the 19th century. Spouses Edna and Leonce Pontellier and their two young children are vacationing in a boarding house on the shores of the Gulf of Mexico. Edna is beautiful and smart, Leonce is a successful businessman. But there is a rift in the relationship of this seemingly ideal couple. Day after day, Edna finds more and more pleasure in communicating with Robert, the eldest son of the owner of the resort. Charming and helpful Robert is strikingly different from her taciturn husband, and suddenly Edna realizes that she is madly in love. A young woman seems to be waking up from a dream of routine family life, completely surrendering to the power of new feelings. Sweet dreams, crazy hopes... Edna is rushing things, striving towards her happiness. A happy future beckons, it seems so close…In addition to the novel "Awakening", the collection includes magnificent short stories by Kate Chopin — vivid, intriguing stories from the lives of passionate American Creoles.