Literature
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Madame Célestin’s Divorce by Kate Chopin
MADAME CÉLESTIN always wore a neat and snugly fitting calico wrapper when she went out in the morning to sweep…
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Mamouche by Kate Chopin
MAMOUCHE stood within the open doorway, which he had just entered. It was night; the rain was falling in torrents,…
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Ozème’s Holiday by Kate Chopin
OZÈME often wondered why there was not a special dispensation of providence to do away with the necessity for work.…
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Polydor by Kate Chopin
It was often said that Polydore was the stupidest boy to be found “from the mouth of Cane river plumb…
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Regret by Kate Chopin
This story was first published in 1897 when it appeared in Chopin’s short story collection A Night in Acadia.MAMZELLE AURLIE…
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Ripe Figs by Kate Chopin
Maman-Nainaine said that when the figs were ripe Babette might go to visit her cousins down on Bayou-Boeuf, where the…
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The Blind Man by Kate Chopin
A man carrying a small red box in one hand walked slowly down the street. His old straw hat and…
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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…
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The Lilies by Kate Chopin
THAT little vagabond Mamouche amused himself one afternoon by letting down the fence rails that protected Mr. Billy’s young crop…
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The Locket by Kate Chopin
The Locket is Chopin’s poignant Civil War story. Modern readers may be tempted to misread the word ‘sward’ as ‘sword,’…
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