Title: Kate Chopin
Description: A precursor of the twentieth century's feminist authors, Kate Chopin (1850–1904) wrote short stories and novels for children and adults. The St. Louis native lived in New Orleans for a dozen years and used Louisiana's Creole culture as an evocative setting for most of her tales. Many of Chopin's stories were well ahead of their time, and she achieved widespread acclaim only after her death.
This concise introduction to Chopin's works features the complete text of The Awakening, her best-known and most-studied novel, as well as an earlier novel, At Fault, and the essay "My Writing Method." A generous selection of short stories includes "Lilacs," "The Kiss," "A Respectable Woman," "A Pair of Silk Stockings," and 25 others.
Dover Original.
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Contains:

My Writing Method (1899)

Wiser than a God (December 1889)
A No-Account Creole (1894)
In and Out of Old Natchitoches (1894)
In Sabine (1894)
[Beyond the Bayou][2] (1894)
A Rude Awakening (1894)
[Désirée’s Baby][3] (1894)
Madame Célestin’s Divorce (1894)
Love on the Bon-Dieu (1894)
For Marse Chouchoute (1894)
[Ma’ame Pélagie](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL32483589W) (1894)
At the ’Cadian Ball (1894)
[The Story of an Hour][4] (Dec. 6, 1894)
[The Kiss](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL37475416W) (Jan. 17, 1895)
Her Letters (April 11-18, 1895)
Juanita (July 1895)
Lilacs (1896)
A Night in Acadie (1897)
Athénaïse (1897)
After the Winter (1897)
Regret (1897)
A Matter of Prejudice (1897)
[Nég Créol][5] (1897)
The Lilies (1897)
Dead Men’s Shoes (1897)
Cavanelle (1897)
[A Respectable Woman](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL37475417W) (1897)
Ripe Figs (1897)
[A Pair of Silk Stockings][6] (Sept. 16, 1897)

[At Fault][7] (1890)
[The Awakening][8] (1897)


  [1]: http://store.doverpublications.com/0486791238.html
  [2]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14943640W/Beyond_the_Bayou
  [3]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20078777W/D%C3%A9sir%C3%A9e%E2%80%99s_Baby
  [4]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20078864W/The_Story_of_an_Hour
  [5]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20078901W/Ne%CC%81g_Cre%CC%81ol
  [6]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20078930W/A_Pair_of_Silk_Stockings
  [7]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL65437W/At_Fault
  [8]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL65430W
Subjects: divorce, Widows, Literature, Classic Literature, Women plantation owners, Fiction, Divorced men, Young women, Creoles, Plantation life, psychological fiction, love stories, impulse, responsibility, short story, freedom, selfhood, self-fulfillment, meaning of love, short stories, miscegenation, Louisiana Creoles, quadroons, racism, Modern Literature, American literature, feminist literature, feminist fiction, manners and customs, literary fiction, Adultery in fiction, Women in fiction, Adultery, Women, Self-actualization (Psychology), Married women, Married women in fiction, Psychology, Man-woman relationships, Social conditions, literary collections, Social life and customs, Criticism and interpretation, Louisiana, Literary Anthologies, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Places: Louisiana, Cane River Region, Place-du-Bois, sawmill, Fanny’s home, Les Chênières plantation, Cornstalk, Texas, Cane River, St. Louis, Missouri, Mallard residence, L’Abri, New Orleans, Grand Isle, Chênière Caminada, Gulf of Mexico, Mexico, New York City, Natchitoches  The French Quarter, La Folle's cabin, Bellissime
People: Thérèse Lafirme, Hiram, Belindy, Betsy, Mandy, Grégoire Santien, David Hosmer, Melicent Hosmer, Joçint, Morico, Cynthy, Suze, Mose, Minervy, Araminty, Sampson, Marie Louise, Pierson, Joseph Duplan, Mrs. Duplan, Ninette Duplan, Rufe Jimson, Johannah, Nathan, Agnes, Fanny Larimore Hosmer, Belle Worthington, Lorenzo Worthington, Lucilla Worthington, Lou Dawson, Jack Dawson, Mrs. Sommers, César François Xavier, Louise Mallard, Brently Mallard, Josephine, Richards, Armand Aubigny, Désirée, Madame Valmont, Sandrine, La Blanche, Edna Pontellier, Léonce Pontellier, Etienne Pontellier, Raoul Pontellier, Madame Aline Lebrun, Robert Lebrun, Victor Lebrun, Mariequita, Adèle Ratignolle, Alphonse Ratignolle, Mademoiselle Reisz, Farival twins, Monsieur Farival, Beaudelet, Madame Antoine, Toni Antoine, Old Celestine, Ellen Joe, Doctor Mandelet, Alcée Arobin, Mrs. Highcamp, James Highcamp, Mrs. Merriman, Miss Mayblunt, Gouvernail, Madame Pontellier, Jerome Lafirme, Jacqueline, French, P’tit Maître, Old Mis', Cheri, Doctor Bonfils, Tante, Chéri’s mother, Madame Lebrun, Désirée Valmondé
Time periods: 19th century, Antebellum era