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Clay JacksonEssay Preview: Clay JacksonReport this essayThe Awakening was destined for success. One month before Chopins novel was published, Lucy Monroe reviewed The Awakening for the March 1899, issue of Book News. Monroes review praises Chopins work as a “remarkable novel” and applauds it as “subtle and a brilliant kind of art” (Toth 329). Monroe.