Kate Chopin

Kate Chopin was an American writer known for her work focused on New Orleans culture. She belongs to the local-colour genre.Since the late 20th century, she has been seen as a forerunner of literary feminism. While her stories aroused controversy when first published, because of her subjects and approaches, she is now recognised as one of the leading authors of her time.

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Caline

Kate Chopin

THE sun was just far enough in the west to send inviting shadows. In the centre of a small field, and in the shade of a haystack which was there, a girl lay sleeping. She had slept long and soundly ... [+]

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The Story of an Hour

Kate Chopin

Knowing that Mrs. Mallard was afflicted with a heart trouble, great care was taken to break to her as gently as possible the news of her husband's death.It was her sister Josephine who told her, in ... [+]

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The Night Came Slowly

Kate Chopin

I am losing my interest in human beings; in the significance of their lives and their actions. Some one has said it is better to study one man than ten books. I want neither books nor men; they make ... [+]

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Desiree's Baby

Kate Chopin

As the day was pleasant, Madame Valmonde drove over to L'Abri to see Desiree and the baby. It made her laugh to think of Desiree with a baby. Why, it seemed but yesterday that Desiree was little more ... [+]

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Regret

Kate Chopin

Mamzelle Aurélie possessed a good strong figure, ruddy cheeks, hair that was changing from brown to gray, and a determined eye. She wore a man's hat about the farm, and an old blue army overcoat when ... [+]

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An Idle Fellow

Kate Chopin

I am tired. At the end of these years I am very tired. I have been studying in books the languages of the living and those we call dead. Early in the fresh morning I have studied in books, and ... [+]

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Doctor Chevalier's Lie

Kate Chopin

The quick report of a pistol rang through the quiet autumn night. It was no unusual sound in the unsavory quarter where Dr. Chevalier had his office. Screams commonly went with it. This time there had ... [+]

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The Kiss

Kate Chopin

It was still quite light out of doors, but inside with the curtains drawn and the smouldering fire sending out a dim, uncertain glow, the room was full of deep shadows.
Brantain sat in one of these ... [+]

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A Reflection

Kate Chopin

Some people are born with a vital and responsive energy. It not only enables them to keep abreast of the times; it qualifies them to furnish in their own personality a good bit of the motive power to ... [+]