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Kate Chopin


Born
in St. Louis, Missouri, The United States
February 08, 1850

Died
August 22, 1904

Genre
Fiction


Kate Chopin was an American novelist and short-story writer best known for her startling 1899 novel, The Awakening. Born in St. Louis, she moved to New Orleans after marrying Oscar Chopin in 1870. Less than a decade later Oscar's cotton business fell on hard times and they moved to his family's plantation in the Natchitoches Parish of northwestern Louisiana. Oscar died in 1882 and Kate was suddenly a young widow with six children. She turned to writing and published her first poem in 1889. The Awakening, considered Chopin's masterpiece, was subject to harsh criticism at the time for its frank approach to sexual themes. It was rediscovered in the 1960s and has since become a standard of American literature, appreciated for its sophistication ...more

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Average rating: 3.74 · 285,759 ratings · 16,971 reviews · 753 distinct works � Similar authors
The Awakening
3.68 avg rating — 220,063 ratings — published 1899 — 582 editions
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The Story of an Hour
4.06 avg rating — 25,654 ratings — published 1894 — 46 editions
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The Awakening and Selected ...
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3.92 avg rating — 10,639 ratings — published 1899 — 221 editions
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Desiree's Baby
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4.01 avg rating — 5,691 ratings — published 1893 — 22 editions
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The Awakening and Selected ...
3.76 avg rating — 2,972 ratings — published 1899 — 464 editions
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3.82 avg rating — 2,491 ratings — published 1899 — 22 editions
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A Pair of Silk Stockings
3.65 avg rating — 2,336 ratings — published 1897 — 5 editions
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The Storm
3.60 avg rating — 2,114 ratings — published 1969 — 13 editions
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3.92 avg rating — 1,867 ratings — published 1899 — 16 editions
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“The voice of the sea speaks to the soul.”
― Kate Chopin, The Awakening
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“She wanted something to happen - something, anything: she did not know what.”
― Kate Chopin
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“Perhaps it is better to wake up after all, even to suffer, rather than to remain a dupe to illusions all one's life.”
― Kate Chopin, The Awakening, and Selected Stories
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Polls

January 2023 Short Story/Novella Poll

Twelve Angry Men by Reginald Rose, 25 pages, 1957
 
  64 votes, 25.9%

 
  50 votes, 20.2%

The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin, 25 pages, 1894
 
  43 votes, 17.4%

A Man's Place by Annie Ernaux, 99 pages, 1983
 
  37 votes, 15.0%

Reginald by Saki, 112 pages, 1904
 
  22 votes, 8.9%

 
  20 votes, 8.1%

Jealousy by Alain Robbe-Grillet, 103 pages, 1957
 
  11 votes, 4.5%

247 total votes
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