Kate Chopin Box Set

Her Letters; Beyond the Bayou; The Locket; The Storm; A Shameful Affair; A Respectable Woman; The Unexpected & The Kiss

By: Kate Chopin

Narrated by: Museum Audiobooks cast

Kate Chopin (1850-1904) was a Louisiana-based author of short stories and novels, and is considered a forerunner of 20th-century feminist authors from the South. Chopin took a non-traditional approach to the themes which she explored in her novels: women’s choices in life, independence, relationships and marriage. Her characters often face a choice between their own desires and society’s expectations of them. In "The Storm", a man seeks shelter at the home of his former lover, a visit which reignites their passion, while "Her Letters" is a story about the husband of a woman who dies before she is able to destroy the letters written to her by a lover. In "Unexpected", Randall and Dorothea fall in and out of love; "The Locket" tells the tale of two young lovers during the American Civil War; and "Kiss" has a humorous twist in the tale.

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