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She was becoming herself and daily casting aside that fictitious self which we assume… — Kate Chopin

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She was becoming herself and daily casting aside that fictitious self which we assume like a garment with which to appear before the world.

Kate Chopin
The Awakening · 1899
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Topic
Growing upSelf-discoveryAuthenticity
Medium
Novel
Time
1899
Person
Kate Chopin
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Current citation
Chopin, Kate. "The Awakening." The Awakening and Selected Stories. Penguin Classics, 2003, ch. 19.
Original citation
Chopin, Kate. The Awakening. Chicago and New York: Herbert S. Stone & Co., 1899, ch. 19.

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