The original opens with the Pontellier family - Léonce, a New Orleans finance manager of Louisiana Creole legacy his better half Edna and their two children, Etienne and Raoul - traveling on Grand Isle at a hotel on the Gulf of Mexico oversaw by Madame Lebrun and her two children, Robert and Victor.Įdna invests the majority of her energy with her dear companion Adèle Ratignolle, who happily and uproariously helps Edna to remember her obligations as a spouse and mother.