The Story Of An Hour: Short Story

by Kate Chopin

Overview

Mrs. Louise Mallard, afflicted with a heart condition, reflects on the death of her husband from the safety of her locked room. Originally published in Vogue magazine, “The Story of an Hour” was retitled as “The Dream of an Hour,” when it was published amid much controversy under its new title a year later in St. Louis Life. “The Story of an Hour” was adapted to film in The Joy That Kills by director Tina Rathbone, which was part of a PBS anthology called American Playhouse.

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781443435192
Publisher:	HarperCollins Canada
Publication date:	04/22/2014
Sold by:	HARPERCOLLINS
Format:	eBook
Pages:	25
Sales rank:	175,359
File size:	135 KB

About the Author

Kate Chopin was an American author whose works include two novels and nearly one hundred short stories. Chopin’s close relationships with her female relatives—her mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother—provided inspiration for her strong female characters. Although some of her works were controversial at the time of publication, Chopin is now considered to have been ahead of her time and a precursor to the wave of feminist writing in the twentieth century. Chopin’s most notable works include The Awakening, At Fault, and the short story “Desiree’s Baby,” which explores race relations in antebellum Louisiana. Chopin died in 1904.