Bayou Folk

Kate Chopin's classic book of 23 masterful short stories shows rural life in Louisiana after the American Civil War and how former slaves, people of color, women, poor whites, and wealthy whites chafed against social restrictions. Lightly edited for modern readers, including translations from French and standardized spelling, the bones of the stories are just as she told them with no changes to plot or settings. Best of all the book includes the original unedited versions in appendices.

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Bayou Folk

Kate Chopin's classic book of 23 masterful short stories shows rural life in Louisiana after the American Civil War and how former slaves, people of color, women, poor whites, and wealthy whites chafed against social restrictions. Lightly edited for modern readers, including translations from French and standardized spelling, the bones of the stories are just as she told them with no changes to plot or settings. Best of all the book includes the original unedited versions in appendices.

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Bayou Folk

Bayou Folk

by Kate Chopin
Bayou Folk

Bayou Folk

by Kate Chopin

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Kate Chopin's classic book of 23 masterful short stories shows rural life in Louisiana after the American Civil War and how former slaves, people of color, women, poor whites, and wealthy whites chafed against social restrictions. Lightly edited for modern readers, including translations from French and standardized spelling, the bones of the stories are just as she told them with no changes to plot or settings. Best of all the book includes the original unedited versions in appendices.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780998570402
Publisher: Inwood Commons Publishing
Publication date: 07/01/2017
Series: Inwood Commons Modern Editions
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 392
File size: 736 KB

About the Author

About The Author
Kate Chopin (born 1850, died 1904) was an American author of short stories and novels about life in Louisiana. She was also a single mother who raised six children.

Table of Contents

Kate Chopin by Wikipedia Contributors; 1-A No-Account Creole; 2-In and Out of Old Natchitoches; 3-In Sabine; 4-A Very Fine Fiddle; 5-Beyond the Bayou; 6-Old Aunt Peggy; 7-The Return of Alcibiade; 8-A Rude Awakening; 9-The Bênitous’ Slave; 10-Desirée’s Baby; 11-A Turkey Hunt; 12-Babita Célestin’s Divorce; 13-Love on the Bon Dieu; 14-Loka; 15-Boulôt and Boulotte; 16-For Mister Chouchoute; 17-A Visit to Avoyelles; 18-A Wizard from Gettysburg; 19-Pélagie; 20-At the Acadian Dance Party; 21-The Beautiful Zoraïde; 22-A Man of Bayou Têche; 23-A Woman of Bayou St. John; Appendix A: A No-Account Creole (Original); Appendix B: In and Out of Old Natchitoches (Original); Appendix C: In Sabine (Original); Appendix D: A Very Fine Fiddle (Original); Appendix E: Beyond the Bayou (Original); Appendix F: Old Aunt Peggy (Original); Appendix G: The Return of Alcibiade (Original); Appendix H: A Rude Awakening (Original); Appendix I: The Bênitous’ Slave (Original); Appendix J: Desirée’s Baby (Original); Appendix K: A Turkey Hunt (Original); Appendix L: Madame Célestin’s Divorce (Original); Appendix M: Love on the Bon-Dieu (Original); Appendix N: Loka (Original); Appendix O: Boulôt and Boulotte (Original); Appendix P: For Marse Chouchoute (Original); Appendix Q: A Visit to Avoyelles (Original); Appendix R: A Wizard from Gettysburg (Original); Appendix S: Ma’ame Pélagie (Original); Appendix T: At the ‘Cadian Ball (Original); Appendix U: La Belle Zoraïde (Original); Appendix V: A Gentleman of Bayou Têche (Original); Appendix W: A Lady of Bayou St. John (Original)

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