The Awakening, by Kate Chopin is sometimes called "the original feminist novel", revolutionary in its time for vividly depicting women's issues that were rarely depicted in literature. First published in 1899, it still endures as an intensely gripping book and offers a sensitive look at the life of a young woman in Louisiana at the end of the 19th century. This is an easy-to-listen-to audiobook read by professional narrator and actress Anna Butterworth.