A Pair of Silk Stockings and Other Stories

Description:

Contains: [Désirée's Baby][1] Madame Célestin's divorce -- At the 'Cadian Ball -- A gentleman of the Bayou Têche -- A night in Acadie -- Azélie -- A respectable woman -- [The Dream of an Hour][2] [A Pair of Silk Stockings][3] [1]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20078777W/D%C3%A9sir%C3%A9e%E2%80%99s_Baby [2]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20078864W/The_Story_of_an_Hour [3]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20078930W/A_Pair_of_Silk_Stockings

subjects: impulse,  responsibility,  short story,  Fiction,  Social life and customs,  Women,  short stories,  miscegenation,  Louisiana Creoles,  quadroons,  racism,  freedom,  selfhood,  self-fulfillment,  meaning of love,  American fiction (fictional works by one author),  Fiction, short stories (single author),  Louisiana, fiction

People: Armand Aubigny,  Désirée,  Madame Valmont,  Sandrine,  La Blanche,  Louise Mallard,  Brently Mallard,  Josephine,  Richards,  Mrs. Sommers

Places: Louisiana,  L’Abri,  Mallard residence

Times: 19th century,  Antebellum era