Style: Chopin writes smoothly and easily, with succulent descriptive passages. The sentiments exhibited are conventional romances, although with wit and some insight.The novel "The Awakening" might better be termed "The Abandonment." I suggest that it was considered unacceptable as much for for its denigration of the roles of wife and mother, as for the restrained sensuality and "coded" adultery, although I'm sure Eulalie Mackecknie Shinn would have disapproved of the book.
Substance: The short stories are entertaining, in the 19th century style, with interesting views of the Louisiana Creole milieu.
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