Title: A Pair of Silk Stockings
Description: “A Pair of Silk Stockings” is Kate Chopin’s short story about a married woman fallen on hard times who receives an unexpected windfall. It describes how the woman spends the money.
([source][1])


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Also contained in:

 - [Athénaïse](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14943619W)
 - [The Awakening & Other Stories][2]
 - [The Awakening and Selected Short Fiction][3]
 - [The Awakening and Selected Short Stories][4]
 - [The Awakening and Selected Stories][5]
 - [The Awakening and Selected Stories](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL65435W)
 - [Awakening and Selected Stories](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL26125409W)
 - [The Awakening and Selected Stories of Kate Chopin][6]
 - [The Awakening and Selected Stories of Kate Chopin](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL65434W)
 - [Complete Works of Kate Chopin](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL65439W)
 - [Great American Short Stories](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL15430879W/Great_American_Short_Stories)
 - [Great Short Short Stories](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL8252709W)
 - [Librivox Short Story Collection 019](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL24979306W)
 - [Librivox Short Story Collection 033](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL24979418W)
 - [Librivox Short Story Collection 086](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL24979472W)

 - [A Pair of Silk Stockings](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20133125W)
 - [A Pair of Silk Stockings and Other Stories][7]
 - [Portraits](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL13292134W)
 - [The United States in Literature](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL15164554W/The_United_States_in_Literature)

  [1]: https://www.katechopin.org/a-pair-of-silk-stockings/
  [2]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL16551541W/The_Awakening_Other_Stories
  [3]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL65428W/The_Awakening_and_Selected_Short_Fiction
  [4]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL65438W/The_Awakening_Beyond_the_Bayou_Ma'ame_Pelagie_Desiree's_Baby_A_Respectable_Woman_The_Kiss_A_Pair_of_
  [5]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL16589427W/The_Awakening_and_Selected_Stories
  [6]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL65429W/The_Awakening_and_Selected_Stories_of_Kate_Chopin
  [7]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14943660W/A_Pair_of_Silk_Stockings_and_Other_Stories
Subjects: impulse, responsibility, short story, Fiction, general
People: Mrs. Sommers
Time periods: 19th century