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  • Love on the Bon-Dieu by Kate Chopin

    Love on the Bon-Dieu by Kate Chopin

    UPON the pleasant veranda of Père Antoine’s cottage, that adjoined the church, a young girl had long been seated, awaiting…

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  • Ma’ame Pelagie by Kate Chopin

    Ma’ame Pelagie by Kate Chopin

    IWhen the war began, there stood on Cote Joyeuse an imposing mansion of red brick, shaped like the Pantheon. A…

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  • Madame Célestin’s Divorce by Kate Chopin

    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 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’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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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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