Title: The Awakening and Selected Stories
Description: Contains:
[THE AWAKENING](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL65430W)
BAYOU FOLK
A No-Account Creole
In and Out of Old Natchitoches
In Sabine
A very Fine Fiddle
[Beyond the Bayou](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14943640W)
Old Aunt Peggy
The Return of Alcibiade
A Rude Avakening
The Bénitous Slave
[Désirée's Baby](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20078777W)
A Turkey Hunt
Madame Célestin's Divorce
Love on the Bon-Dieu
Loka
Boulöt and Boulotte
For Marse Chouchoute
A Visit to Avoyelles
A Wizard from Gettysburg
Ma'ame Pélagie
At the 'Cadian Ball
La Belle Zoraide
A Gentleman of Bayou Téche
A Lady of Bayou StJohn
A NIGHT IN ACADIE
A Night in Acadie
Athénafse
After the Winter
Polydore
Regret
A Matter of Prejudice
Caline
A Dresden Lady in Dixie
[Nég Créol](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20078901W)
The Lilies
Azélie
Mamouche
A Sentimental Soul
Dead Men's Shoes
At Chéniére Caminada
Odalie Misses Mass
Cavanelle
Tante Cat'rinette
A Respectable Woman
Ripe Figs
Ozeme's Holiday
UNCOLLECTED STORIES
Wiser Than a God
A Point at Issue!
Mrs Mobry's Reason
The Maid of Saint Phillippe
Dr Chevalier's Lie
[The Story of an Hour](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20078864W)
Lilacs
The Kiss
Her Letters
Fedora
[A Pair of Silk Stockings](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20078930W)
An Egyptian Cigarette
Subjects: impulse, responsibility, short story, freedom, selfhood, self-fulfillment, meaning of love, short stories, miscegenation, Louisiana Creoles, quadroons, racism, Social life and customs, Fiction, women, Adultery, Adultery in fiction, American, American fiction (fictional works by one author), American literature, Classic Literature, feminist fiction, feminist literature, History, Interpersonal attraction, Interpersonal relations, Literary Anthologies, literary fiction, Man-woman relationships, manners and customs, Marriage, Married people, Married women, Modern Literature, psychological, Psychological fiction, Psychology, Self-actualization (Psychology), Self-actualization (Psychology) in women, Social conditions, Women, Manners and customs, Fiction, women, Louisiana, fiction
Places: Mallard residence, Louisiana, L’Abri, La Folle's cabin, Bellissime, New Orleans, Grand Isle, Chênière Caminada, Gulf of Mexico, Mexico, New York City
People: Mrs. Sommers, César François Xavier, Louise Mallard, Brently Mallard, Josephine, Richards, Armand Aubigny, Désirée, Madame Valmont, Sandrine, La Blanche, Jacqueline, French, P’tit Maître, Old Mis', Cheri, Doctor Bonfils, Tante, Chéri’s mother, 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
Time periods: The end of the 19th century, 19th century, Antebellum era