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Kate Chopin (born Katherine O'Flaherty) (1850-1904) was an American author of short stories and novels, mostly of a Louisiana Creole background. She is now considered to have been a forerunner of feminist authors of the 20th century. From 1889 to 1902, she wrote short stories for both children and adults which were published in such magazines as Atlantic Monthly, Vogue, The Century, and Harper's 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 The Father of Désirée's Baby, a tale of miscegenation in antebellum Louisiana; The Story of an Hour and The Storm. Chopin also wrote two novels: At Fault (1890) and The Awakening (1899), which is set in New Orleans and Grand Isle. The people in her stories are usually inhabitants of Louisiana. Many of her works are set about Natchitoches in north central Louisiana. In time, literary critics determined that Chopin addressed the concerns of women in all places and for all times in her literature.

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Book category Books in English Fiction & related items Fiction: special features Short stories

• Full title: Father of Desiree's Baby and Other Stories (Dodo Press)
• Author: Kate Chopin
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 60
• EAN: 9781409908081
• ISBN: 9781409908081
• ID: 08364026
• Publisher: Dodo Press
• Weight: 108 g
• Dimensions: 225 × 159 × 4 mm
• Date of publishing: 11. April 2008

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