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The Awakening
and Selected Short Stories
by
Kate Chopin
A P ENN S TATE
E LECTRONIC C LASSICS S ERIES
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Copyright © 2008 The Pennsylvania State University
The Pennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity university.
Kate Chopin (born Katherine O'Flaherty on February 8, 1850 –
August 22, 1904) was an American author of short stories and novels,
mostly of a Louisiana Creole background. She is now considered to
have been a forerunner of feminist authors of the 20th century.
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Contents
THE AWAKENING ............................... 5
Beyond the Bayou ................................ 122
Ma’ame Pelagie .................................... 128
Desiree’s Baby ...................................... 136
A Respectable Woman ......................... 141
The Kiss ............................................... 145
A Pair of Silk Stockings ........................ 148
The Locket .......................................... 153
A Reflection ......................................... 158
Kate Chopin
The Awakening
and Selected Short Stories
by
Kate Chopin
THE AWAKENING
I
A GREEN AND YELLOW PARROT , which hung in a cage outside the door, kept
repeating over and over:
“Allez vous-en! Allez vous-en! Sapristi! That’s all right!”
He could speak a little Spanish, and also a language which nobody
understood, unless it was the mocking-bird that hung on the other side of
the door, whistling his fluty notes out upon the breeze with maddening
persistence.
Mr. Pontellier, unable to read his newspaper with any degree of com-
fort, arose with an expression and an exclamation of disgust.
He walked down the gallery and across the narrow “bridges” which
connected the Lebrun cottages one with the other. He had been seated
before the door of the main house. The parrot and the mockingbird were
the property of Madame Lebrun, and they had the right to make all the
noise they wished. Mr. Pontellier had the privilege of quitting their soci-
ety when they ceased to be entertaining.
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