Louisiana Stories (Our American Heritage)

Description:

CD 1. [Beyond the Bayou][1] A matter of prejudice -- At the Cadian ball. CD 2. [A Pair of Silk Stockings][2] Regret -- The falling in love of Fedora -- The unexpected -- [The Story of an Hour][3] Love on the Bon-Dieu. CD 3. Tante cat'rinette -- A lady of Bayou St. John -- [Désirée’s Baby][4] CD 4. The godmother. [1]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14943640W [2]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20078930W/A_Pair_of_Silk_Stockings [3]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20078864W/The_Story_of_an_Hour [4]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20078777W/D%C3%A9sir%C3%A9e%E2%80%99s_Baby

subjects: Social life and customs,  Fiction,  impulse,  responsibility,  short stories,  freedom,  selfhood,  self-fulfillment,  meaning of love,  short story,  miscegenation,  Louisiana Creoles,  quadroons,  racism

People: Jacqueline,  French,  P’tit Maître,  Old Mis',  Cheri,  Doctor Bonfils,  Tante,  Chéri’s mother,  Mrs. Sommers,  Louise Mallard,  Brently Mallard,  Josephine,  Richards,  Armand Aubigny,  Désirée,  Madame Valmont,  Sandrine,  La Blanche

Places: Louisiana,  La Folle's cabin,  Bellissime,  Mallard residence,  L’Abri

Times: 19th century,  Antebellum era