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Bayou Folk: Original & Unabridged
Paperback
Series: Translate House Classics
ISBN13: 9781500932992
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: Aug 26 2014
Pages: 168
Weight: 0.56
Height: 0.39 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Bayou Folk, a collection of twenty-three short stories by Kate Chopin, including the well known Désirée's Baby.
Désirée, a beautiful young woman who grew up with foster parents, marries a successful plantation owner. But when their newborn child exhibits African American skin coloring, her husband claims Désirée's unknown parentage is to blame. But as Désirée wanders away we discover that her husband's racial identity is as ambiguous.
At the 'Cadian Ball, another well-known story in the collection, features the dashing Alcée Laballiere, Chopin's fictional portrayal of her own lover, Albert Sampite.
Chopin is now considered by some to have been a forerunner of the feminist authors of the 20th century.
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