A Pair of Silk Stockings and Other Short Stories
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A Pair of Silk Stockings and Other Short Stories

  1. 64 pages
  2. English
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eBook - ePub

A Pair of Silk Stockings and Other Short Stories

About this book

Known for her vivid portrayals of Creole life in Louisiana, Kate Chopin (1851–1904) wrote, during her brief literary career, poignant and perceptive stories about the emotional lives of women. Bypassing many of the conventions of 19th-century realism, she won praise for her realistic portraits of the inhabitants of bayou and urban areas.
This collection of nine stories contains one of her most famous works, "DĂ©sirĂ©e's Baby" — a haunting and ironic tale of miscegenation. Additional stories include "Madame CĂ©lestin's Divorce, " "A Gentleman of Bayou TĂ©che" and "At the 'Cadian Ball, " from Bayou Folk; "A Respectable Woman, " "A Night in Acadie" and AzĂ©lie" from A Night in Acadie; "The Dream of an Hour" and the title story. Written with grace, delicate humor and a keen understanding of the human — especially the female — psyche, these stories are a superb introduction to an important American writer whose literary career was cut short by the harsh criticism directed at her novel The Awakening (1899).

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Information

Publisher
Dover Publications
Year
2012
Print ISBN
9780486292649
eBook ISBN
9780486110875
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
Classics
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright Page
  3. Note
  4. Table of Contents
  5. DĂ©sirĂ©e’s Baby
  6. Madame CĂ©lestin’s Divorce
  7. At the ’Cadian Ball
  8. A Gentleman of Bayou TĂȘche
  9. A Night in Acadie
  10. Azélie
  11. A Respectable Woman
  12. The Dream of an Hour
  13. A Pair of Silk Stockings