NMLP P-017501 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Awakening

Kate Chopin · Herbert S. Stone & Co. (Chicago & New York) · 1899

US true first, and effectively the only contemporary edition, 1899. Chopin's working title was 'A Solitary Soul'; it was published as 'The Awakening.' There is no competing UK first. The genuine first has the Stone green cloth with red-and-green stamping and gilt top edge.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-017501 for "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-017501, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).