| Description |
2 volumes (1032 pages) : portrait ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Southern literary studies |
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Southern literary studies.
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| Summary |
The stories, poems, sketches and essays of a Southern woman, who defied traditional morality and conventions at the turn of the century. |
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Volume 1. Short stories and sketches -- Volume 2. [Short stories and sketches, continued] ; Essays and comments ; Poems ; Novels. |
| Contents |
volume 1: Emancipation : a life fable -- Wiser than a god -- A point at issue! -- Miss Witherwell's mistake -- With the violin -- Mrs. Mobry's reason -- A no-account Creole -- For Marse Chouchoute -- The going away of Liza -- The maid of Saint Phillippe -- A wizard from Gettysburg -- A shameful affair -- A rude awakening -- A harbinger -- Doctor Chevalier's lie -- A very fine fiddle -- Boulôt and Boulotte -- Love on the Bon-Dieu -- An embarrassing position : comedy in one act -- Beyond the Bayou -- After the winter -- The Bênitous' slave -- A turkey hunt -- Old Aunt Peggy -- The lilies -- Ripe figs -- Croque-Mitaine -- A little free-Mulatto -- Miss McEnders -- Loka -- At the 'Cadian Ball -- A visit to Avoyelles -- Ma'ame Pélagie -- Désirée's baby -- Caline -- The return of Alcibiade -- In and out of old Natchitoches -- Mamouche -- Madame Célestin's divorce -- An idle fellow -- A matter of prejudice -- Azélie -- A lady of Bayou St. John -- La Belle Zoraide -- At Chênière Caminada -- A gentleman of Bayou Teche -- In Sabine -- A respectable woman -- Tante Cat'rinette -- A Dresden lady in Dixie -- The story of an hour -- Lilacs -- The night came slowly -- Juanita -- Cavanelle -- Regret -- The kiss -- Ozème's holiday -- A sentimental soul -- Her letters -- Odalie misses Mass -- Polydore -- Dead men's shoes -- Athénaïse -- Two summers and two souls -- The unexpected -- Two portraits -- Fedora -- Vagabonds -- Madame Martel's Christmas Eve -- The recovery -- A night in Acadie -- A pair of silk stockings -- Nég Créol. |
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volume 2: Aunt Lympy's interference -- The blind man -- A vocation and a voice -- A mental suggestion -- Suzette -- The locket -- A morning walk -- An Egyptian cigarette -- A family affair -- Elizabeth Stock's one story -- The storm -- The godmother -- A little country girl -- A reflection -- Ti Démon -- A December day in Dixie -- The gentleman from New Orleans -- Charlie -- The white eagle -- The wood-choppers -- Polly -- The impossible Miss Meadows -- Essays and comments: The Western Association of Writers -- "Crumbling idols" by Hamlin Garland -- The real Edwin Booth -- Emile Zola's "Lourdes" -- Confidences -- In the confidence of a story-writer -- As you like it (a series of essays): I. "I have a young friend ..." ; II. "It has lately been ..." ; III: "Several years ago ..." ; IV. "A while ago ..." ; V. "A good many of us ..." ; VI. "We are told ..." -- On certain brisk, bright days. |
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volume 2, continued: Poems: If it might be -- Psyche's lament -- The song everlasting -- You and I -- It matters all -- In dreams throughout the night -- Good night -- If some day -- To Carrie B. -- To Hider Schuyler -- To "Billy" with a box of cigars -- To Mrs. R. -- Let the night go -- There's music enough -- An ecstasy of madness -- I wanted God -- The haunted chamber -- Life -- Because -- To the friend of my youth: to Kitty -- Novels: At fault -- The awakening. |
| Subject |
Louisiana -- Literary collections.
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Louisiana. (OCoLC)fst01207035
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| Genre/Form |
Short stories, American -- Southern States.
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Short stories. (OCoLC)fst01726740
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Literary collections. (OCoLC)fst01423811
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Short stories.
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| Added Author |
Seyersted, Per, 1921-2005, editor.
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Chopin, Kate, 1850-1904.
Short stories.
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Chopin, Kate, 1850-1904.
Poems.
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Chopin, Kate, 1850-1904.
At fault.
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Chopin, Kate, 1850-1904.
Awakening.
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| Added Title |
Works. 1970
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Chopin, Kate, 1850-1904. Works. Complete works of Kate Chopin. Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University Press [1970, ©1969] (OCoLC)567947107 |
| ISBN |
0807108499 |
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9780807108499 |
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