Chartres Street
Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans.
At a glance
| Source | Author | Role | In one line |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Awakening | Kate Chopin | setting | The prison-like Lebrun house where Edna hears Robert’s letters read. |
The Awakening — Kate Chopin (1899)
Source: The Awakening · Readwise highlight
And she also knew where the Lebruns lived, on Chartres Street.
- Role: setting
- In the book: In the middle of November Edna calls at the Lebruns’ house, which looks “like a prison” with its iron bars and locked garden gate, to ask for Mademoiselle Reisz’s address. Victor, up from the island, tells her about his night out and reads her Robert’s letters from Vera Cruz and the City of Mexico.
- Why it matters: The visit keeps the absent Robert at the centre of Edna’s thoughts and leads her on to Mademoiselle Reisz, her refuge for the rest of the book.
- Real vs. fictional: Real street; the Lebrun house is fictional.