BEYOND THE BAYOU AND OTHER SHORT STORIES includes seventy-two short stories by Louisiana Cajun writer Kate Chopin. Known for her critiques of Southern life and racism, this book includes her controversial story 'Desiree's Baby,' one of the earliest tales of miscegenation set in the pre-Civil War South. This book is DRM free and includes an active table of contents. • Beyond The Bayou • Ma’ame Pelagie • Desiree’s Baby • The Bênitous' Slave • The Blind Man • The Lilies • The Night Came Slowly • The Recovery • The Return of Alcibiade • The Storm • The Unexpected • A Respectable Woman • The Kiss • A Pair of Silk Stockings • The Locket • A Reflection • The Story of an Hour • A December Day in Dixie • A Dresden Lady in Dixie • A Family Affair • A Gentleman of Bayou Têche • A Harbinger • A Horse Story • A Lady of Bayou St. John • A Little Country Girl • A Little Free Mulatto • A Matter of Prejudice • A Mental Suggestion • A Morning Walk • A Night in Acadie • A No-Account Creole • A Point at Issue • A Rude Awakening • A Sentimental Soul • A Shameful Affair • A Turkey Hunt • A Very Fine Fiddle • A Visit to Avoyelles • A Wizard from Gettysburg • After the Winter • An Egyptian Cigarette • An Idle Fellow • At Chênière Caminada • At the ‘Cadian Ball • Athénaïse • Azélie • Boulôt and Boulotte • Caline • Cavanelle • Dead Men’s Shoes • Doctor Chevalier’s Lie • Emancipation: A Life Fable • For Marse Chouchoute • Her Letters • In and Out of Old Natchitoches • In Sabine • Juanita • La Belle Zoraïde • Lilacs • Loka • Love on the Bon-Dieu • Madame Célestin's Divorce • Mamouche • Miss McEnders • Nég Créol • Odalie Misses Mass • Old Aunt Peggy • Ozème's Holiday • Polydore • Regret • Ripe Figs • Tante Cat'rinette
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Kate Chopin was an American novelist and short-story writer best known for her startling 1899 novel, The Awakening. Born in St. Louis, she moved to New Orleans after marrying Oscar Chopin in 1870. Less than a decade later Oscar's cotton business fell on hard times and they moved to his family's plantation in the Natchitoches Parish of northwestern Louisiana. Oscar died in 1882 and Kate was suddenly a young widow with six children. She turned to writing and published her first poem in 1889. The Awakening, considered Chopin's masterpiece, was subject to harsh criticism at the time for its frank approach to sexual themes. It was rediscovered in the 1960s and has since become a standard of American literature, appreciated for its sophistication and artistry. Chopin's short stories of Cajun and Creole life are collected in Bayou Folk (1894) and A Night in Acadie (1897), and include "Desiree's Baby," "The Story of an Hour" and "The Storm." Some biographers cite 1850 as Chopin's birth year.
