Katherine Chopin was an American author of short stories and novels based in Louisiana. She is considered by scholars to have been a forerunner of American 20th-century feminist authors of Southern or Catholic background, such as Zelda Fitzgerald, and she is among the most frequently read and recognized writers of Louisiana Creole heritage. She is best known today for her 1899 novel The Awakening.
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1894
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Upon receiving news that her husband was killed in a train disaster, Louise Mallard experiences grief followed by an exhilarating, forbidden wave of personal freedom.
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Great American Short Stories
Jan 1, 2002
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