Read the excerpt of lucy monroe’s review from book news, march 1899. it is an intimate thing, which in studying the nature of one woman reveals something which brings her in touch with all women—something larger than herself. that it is which justifies the audacity of the awakening and makes it big enough to be true. the author has shown herself an artist in the manipulation of a complex character, and faulty as the woman is, she has the magnetism which is essential to the charm of a novel. what is monroe’s response to chopin’s writing