The Complete Works of Kate Chopin

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Contains: Wiser than a god -- A point at issue! -- Miss Witherwell's mistake -- With the violin -- Mrs. Mobry's reason -- A no-account Creole -- For Marse Chouchoute -- The going away of Liza -- The maid of Saint Phillippe -- A wizard from Gettysburg -- A shameful affair -- A rude awakening -- A harbinger -- Doctor Chevalier's lie -- A very fine fiddle -- Boulôt and Boulotte -- Love on the Bon-Dieu -- An embarrassing position : comedy in one act -- [Beyond the Bayou](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14943640W) After the winter -- The Bênitous' slave -- A turkey hunt -- Old Aunt Peggy -- The lilies -- Ripe figs -- Croque-Mitaine -- A little free-Mulatto -- Miss McEnders -- Loka -- At the 'Cadian Ball -- A visit to Avoyelles -- Ma'ame Pélagie -- [Désirée's baby](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20078777W) Caline -- The return of Alcibiade -- In and out of old Natchitoches -- Mamouche -- Madame Célestin's divorce -- An idle fellow -- A matter of prejudice -- Azélie -- A lady of Bayou St. John -- La Belle Zoraide -- At Chênière Caminada -- A gentleman of Bayou Teche -- In Sabine -- A respectable woman -- Tante Cat'rinette -- A Dresden lady in Dixie -- [The story of an hour](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20078864W) Lilacs -- The night came slowly -- Juanita -- Cavanelle -- Regret -- The kiss -- Ozème's holiday -- A sentimental soul -- Her letters -- Odalie misses Mass -- Polydore -- Dead men's shoes -- Athénaïse -- Two summers and two souls -- The unexpected -- Two portraits -- Fedora -- Vagabonds -- Madame Martel's Christmas Eve -- The recovery -- A night in Acadie -- [A pair of silk stockings](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20078930W) [Nég Créol](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20078901W) Aunt Lympy's interference -- The blind man -- A vocation and a voice -- A mental suggestion -- Suzette -- The locket -- A morning walk -- An Egyptian cigarette -- A family affair -- Elizabeth Stock's one story -- The storm -- The godmother -- A little country girl -- A reflection -- Ti Démon -- A December day in Dixie -- The gentleman from New Orleans -- Charlie -- The white eagle -- The wood-choppers -- Polly -- The impossible Miss Meadows -- Essays and comments : The Western Association of Writers -- "Crumbling idols" by Hamlin Garland -- The real Edwin Booth -- Emile Zola's "Lourdes" -- Confidences -- In the confidence of a story-writer -- As you like it (a series of essays): I. "I have a young friend ..." ; II. "It has lately been ..." ; III: "Several years ago ..." ; IV. "A while ago ..." ; V. "A good many of us ..." ; VI. "We are told ..." -- On certain brisk, bright days. v. 2 (continued). Poems: If it might be -- Psyche's lament -- The song everlasting -- You and I -- It matters all -- In dreams throughout the night -- Good night -- If some day -- To Carrie B. -- To Hider Schuyler -- To "Billy" with a box of cigars -- To Mrs. R. -- Let the night go -- There's music enough -- An ecstasy of madness -- I wanted God -- The haunted chamber -- Life -- Because -- To the friend of my youth : to Kitty -- Novels: [At fault](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL65437W) The awakening.

subjects: Adultery,  American fiction (fictional works by one author),  American literature,  Awakening (Chopin, Kate),  Classic Literature,  Criticism and interpretation,  feminist fiction,  feminist literature,  History,  Interpersonal attraction,  Interpersonal relations,  Literary Anthologies,  literary fiction,  Man-woman relationships,  manners and customs,  Marriage,  Married women,  Modern Literature,  Psychological,  Psychological fiction,  Psychology,  Self-actualization (Psychology),  Social conditions,  The awakening (Chopin),  Women,  impulse,  responsibility,  short story,  divorce,  Widows,  Literature,  Women plantation owners,  Fiction,  Divorced men,  Young women,  Creoles,  Plantation life,  love stories,  short stories,  miscegenation,  Louisiana Creoles,  quadroons,  racism,  freedom,  selfhood,  self-fulfillment,  meaning of love,  Social life and customs,  Literary collections,  American literature (collections),  Louisiana, in literature

People: Jacqueline,  French,  P’tit Maître,  Old Mis',  Cheri,  Doctor Bonfils,  Tante,  Chéri’s mother,  Armand Aubigny,  Désirée,  Madame Valmont,  Sandrine,  La Blanche,  Louise Mallard,  Brently Mallard,  Josephine,  Richards,  César François Xavier,  Mrs. Sommers,  Thérèse Lafirme,  Hiram,  Belindy,  Betsy,  Mandy,  Grégoire Santien,  David Hosmer,  Melicent Hosmer,  Joçint,  Morico,  Cynthy,  Suze,  Mose,  Minervy,  Araminty,  Sampson,  Marie Louise,  Pierson,  Joseph Duplan,  Mrs. Duplan,  Ninette Duplan,  Rufe Jimson,  Johannah,  Nathan,  Agnes,  Fanny Larimore Hosmer,  Belle Worthington,  Lorenzo Worthington,  Lucilla Worthington,  Lou Dawson,  Jack Dawson

Places: Louisiana,  La Folle's cabin,  Bellissime,  L’Abri,  Mallard residence,  Cane River Region,  Place-du-Bois,  sawmill,  Fanny’s home,  Les Chênières plantation,  Cornstalk,  Texas,  Cane River,  St. Louis,  Missouri,  New Orleans (La.),  New Orleans,  Grand Isle,  Chênière Caminada,  Gulf of Mexico,  Mexico,  New York City

Times: 19th century,  Antebellum era