Archives for Chopin, Kate

The Locket by Kate Chopin

Published On Tuesday, March 01, 2011. Under: Chopin, Kate, Featured.
The Locket  by Kate Chopin  I One night in autumn a few men were gathered about a fire on the slope of a hill. They belonged to a small detachment of Confederate forces and were awaiting orders to march. Their gray uniforms were worn beyond the point of ...

Beyond the Bayou by Kate Chopin

Published On Sunday, January 23, 2011. Under: Chopin, Kate, Featured.
Beyond the Bayou  by Kate Chopin The bayou curved like a crescent around the point of land on which La Folle's cabin stood. Between the stream and the hut lay a big abandoned field, where cattle were pastured when the bayou supplied them with water enough. Through ...

DESIREE’S BABY by Kate Chopin

Published On Friday, June 18, 2010. Under: Chopin, Kate, Featured.
DESIREE'S BABY by 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 than a baby herself; when ...

A RESPECTABLE WOMAN by Kate Chopin

Published On Tuesday, June 01, 2010. Under: Chopin, Kate, Featured, Women Authors.
A RESPECTABLE WOMAN by Kate Chopin Mrs. Baroda was a little provoked to learn that her husband expected his friend, Gouvernail, up to spend a week or two on the plantation. They had entertained a good deal during the winter; much of the time had also been passed ...

THE KISS by Kate Chopin

Published On Saturday, March 27, 2010. Under: Chopin, Kate, Women Authors.
Francesco Hayez (1791–1882) THE KISS by 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 shadows; it had ...

A Pair of Silk Stockings by Kate Chopin

Published On Thursday, February 25, 2010. Under: Chopin, Kate.
A PAIR OF SILK STOCKINGS Little Mrs. Sommers one day found herself the unexpected possessor of fifteen dollars. It seemed to her a very large amount of money, and the way in which it stuffed and bulged her worn old porte-monnaie gave her a feeling of ...