A Vocation and a Voice
Subtitle: Stories
By: by Kate Chopin ; edited and with an introduction and notes by Emily Toth.
Contributors: Toth, Emily.
Series: Penguin Classics
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 1991
Place of publication: New York, N.Y., U.S.A
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 202
ISBN-13: 9780140390780
Copyright date: 11991
Subjects: Louisiana -- Social life and customs -- Fiction
Description: In 1900, after Chopin's novel The Awakening was condemned, her publisher canceled her most innovative work--a collection of stories full of passion, decadence, and sensuality. Included here are "The Story of an Hour," a shocking reversal of the most profound event of her childhood; "An Egyptian Cigarette," the story of a drug trip; and the title story, about a sweet-voiced boy soprano who learns about adult life.

Emil Toth, biographer of Kate Chopin as well as editor of her diaries and letters, discusses the author's style and the inspiration for her stories and provides insight into Chopin's controversial career in this long-awaited classic.
--back cover
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. xxvii-xxxi).
"A Penguin original"--Cover.
Table of contents: title: A vocation and a voice ;; title: Elizabeth Stock's one story ;; title: Two portraits ;; title: An idle fellow ;; title: A mental suggestion ;; title: An egyptian cigarette ;; title: The white eagle ;; title: The story of an hour ;; title: Two summers and two souls ;; title: The night came slowly ;; title: Juanita ;; title: The unexpected ;; title: Her letters ;; title: The kiss ;; title: Suzette ;; title: The falling in love of Fedora ;; title: The recocery ;; title: The blind man ;; title: An easter day conversation ;; title: Lilacs ;; title: Ti demon ;; title: The godmother