A Pair of Silk Stockings

Description:

“A Pair of Silk Stockings” is Kate Chopin’s short story about a married woman fallen on hard times who receives an unexpected windfall. It describes how the woman spends the money. ([source][1]) ---------- Also contained in: - [Athénaïse](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14943619W) - [The Awakening & Other Stories][2] - [The Awakening and Selected Short Fiction][3] - [The Awakening and Selected Short Stories][4] - [The Awakening and Selected Stories][5] - [The Awakening and Selected Stories](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL65435W) - [Awakening and Selected Stories](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL26125409W) - [The Awakening and Selected Stories of Kate Chopin][6] - [The Awakening and Selected Stories of Kate Chopin](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL65434W) - [Complete Works of Kate Chopin](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL65439W) - [Great American Short Stories](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL15430879W/Great_American_Short_Stories) - [Great Short Short Stories](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL8252709W) - [Librivox Short Story Collection 019](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL24979306W) - [Librivox Short Story Collection 033](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL24979418W) - [Librivox Short Story Collection 086](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL24979472W) - [A Pair of Silk Stockings](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20133125W) - [A Pair of Silk Stockings and Other Stories][7] - [Portraits](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL13292134W) - [The United States in Literature](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL15164554W/The_United_States_in_Literature) [1]: https://www.katechopin.org/a-pair-of-silk-stockings/ [2]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL16551541W/The_Awakening_Other_Stories [3]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL65428W/The_Awakening_and_Selected_Short_Fiction [4]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL65438W/The_Awakening_Beyond_the_Bayou_Ma'ame_Pelagie_Desiree's_Baby_A_Respectable_Woman_The_Kiss_A_Pair_of_ [5]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL16589427W/The_Awakening_and_Selected_Stories [6]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL65429W/The_Awakening_and_Selected_Stories_of_Kate_Chopin [7]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14943660W/A_Pair_of_Silk_Stockings_and_Other_Stories

subjects: impulse,  responsibility,  short story,  Fiction, general

People: Mrs. Sommers

Times: 19th century