A collection of Kate Chopin's short stories

Description:

At the 'Cadian ball [Beyond the Bayou](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14943640W) [Désirée’s Baby](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20078777W) Kiss Locket Ma'ame Pélagie [Pair of Silk Stockings](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20078930W) Reflection Respectable woman Storm [Story of an Hour](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20078864W)

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

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

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

Times: 19th century,  Antebellum era