Author:Kate Chopin
American author of short stories and novels; born Katherine O'Flaherty; from 1892 to 1895, she wrote short stories for both children and adults that were published in such magazines as Atlantic Monthly, Vogue, The Century Magazine, and The Youth's Companion. Her major works were two short story collections, Bayou Folk (1894) and A Night in Acadie (1897). Her important short stories included "Désirée’s Baby," a tale of miscegenation in antebellum Louisiana (published in 1893), "The Story of an Hour" (1894), and "The Storm"(1898)
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Works
[edit]Novels
[edit]- At Fault (1890) (Gutenberg Project)
- The Awakening (1899)
Short story collections
[edit]- Bayou Folk (1894)
(transcription project) - A Night in Acadie (1897) (transcription project)
Uncollected short stories
[edit]- A December Day in Dixie
- A Family Affair (1899)
- A Harbinger (1891)
- A Horse Story
- A Little Country Girl
- A Little Free-Mulatto
- A Mental Suggestion
- A Morning Walk (1897)
- A No-Account Creole (1894)
- A Pair of Silk Stockings (1897)
- A Point at Issue! (1889)
- A Reflection
- A Shameful Affair (1893)
- A Vocation and a Voice (1902)
- Alexandre's Wonderful Experience
- An Egyptian Cigarette (1897)
- An Embarrassing Position: Comedy in One Act (1895)
- An Idle Fellow
- Aunt Lympy's Interference (1897)
- Charlie
- Croque-Mitaine
- Doctor Chevalier's Lie (1893)
- Elizabeth Stock's One Story
- Emancipation. A Life Fable
- Fedora (1897)
- Her Letters (1895)
- Juanita (1895)
- Lilacs (1896)
- Miss McEnders (1897)
- Miss Witherwell's Mistake (1889)
- Mrs. Mobry's Reason (1893)
- Polly (1902)
- The Blind Man (1897)
- The Gentleman From New Orleans
- The Godmother (1901)
- The Going Away of Liza (1892)
- The Impossible Miss Meadows
- The Kiss (1895)
- The Locket
- Madame Martel's Christmas Eve
- Suzette (1897)
- The Maid of Saint Phillipe (1892)
- The Night Came Slowly (1895)
- The Recovery (1896)
- The Storm
- The Story of an Hour (1894)
- The Unexpected (1895)
- The White Eagle (1900)
- The Wood-Choppers (1902)
- Ti Démon
- Ti Frère
- Two Portraits
- Two Summers and Two Souls (1895)
- Vagabonds
- With the Violin (1889)
- Wiser Than A God (1889)
Some or all works by this author were published before January 1, 1929, and are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.
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