... her stories including "extramarital romance and interracial marriage, which gave the young girl an unusually complex view of the world."" Critics compared the novel to Flaubert's Madame Bovary, and Willa Cather "complained that Edna Pontellier and Emma Bovary both belong to a class, not large, but forever glamoring in our ears, that demands more romance out of life than God puts into it."" Edna ... ...

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• Grade Level: High School