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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.

Bayou Folk written by Kate Chopin who was an American author of short storiesand novels based in Louisiana. This book was published in 1894. And now republish in ebook format. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the quality of the original work. Despite these occasional imperfections, we have brought it back into print as part of our ongoing global book preservation commitment, providing customers with access to the best possible historical reprints. We appreciate your understanding of these occasional imperfections, and sincerely hope you enjoy reading this book.

About the Book Fairy tales, wonder tales, magic tales are a folklore genre taking the form of a short story that typically includes magical beings such as dragons, elves, fairies, giants, gnomes, goblins, griffins, mermaids, talking animals, trolls, unicorns, or witches. Generally, magic or enchantments are involved. Fairy tales are distinguished from legends, are mainly derived from European tradition and folk lore, and are generally children's literature. Mythology has a broader and older pedigree than fairy tales, dating back to ancient times in a number of European, African, Middle Eastern and Asian civilizations. Best known among these to Western audiences are Ancient Greek and Old Norse myths and legends. Generally, these myths and legends describe epic quests, journeys and interactions between human adventurers or heroes and god-like deities. Also in this Book A short story collection is a book that contains short stories written by a single author. It is distinguished from an anthology of fiction, which includes stories by more than one author. About us Leopold Classic Library has the goal of making available to readers the classic books that have been out of print for decades. While these books may have occasional imperfections, we consider that only hand checking of every page ensures readable content without poor picture quality, blurred or missing text etc. That's why we: republish only hand checked books; that are high quality; enabling readers to see classic books in original formats; that are unlikely to have missing or blurred pages. You can search "Leopold Classic Library" in categories of your interest to find other books in our extensive collection. Happy reading!

set up her literary recognition with brief stories about existence in rural Louisiana at some stage in the past due 19th century. The stories gathered in Bayou Folk gift remarkably vivid snapshots of each day The creator who these days is probably quality acknowledged for her novel The Awakening first of all life in a now vanished world. Many of them spotlight the members of the family between blacks and whites in a society in which the rules of engagement nevertheless meditated the entrenched patterns of slavery a few many years after the Civil War.As she became in advance of her time concerning women’s rights, Chopin was also farsighted about race relations. Perhaps the story “Desiree’s Baby” about the delivery of a mixed-race toddler to 2 “white” dad and mom fine expresses the uneasy courting between blacks and whites within the vintage South, and its strict codes against miscegenation.Chopin’s gifts for capturing the dialects of the location and for telling a compelling tale in memorable vignettes provide the reader with a richly profitable experience.

Bayou Folk written by Kate Chopin who was an American author of short storiesand novels based in Louisiana. This book was published in 1894. And now republish in ebook format. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the quality of the original work. Despite these occasional imperfections, we have brought it back into print as part of our ongoing global book preservation commitment, providing customers with access to the best possible historical reprints. We appreciate your understanding of these occasional imperfections, and sincerely hope you enjoy reading this book.

set up her literary recognition with brief stories about existence in rural Louisiana at some stage in the past due 19th century. The stories gathered in Bayou Folk gift remarkably vivid snapshots of each day The creator who these days is probably quality acknowledged for her novel The Awakening first of all life in a now vanished world. Many of them spotlight the members of the family between blacks and whites in a society in which the rules of engagement nevertheless meditated the entrenched patterns of slavery a few many years after the Civil War.As she became in advance of her time concerning women’s rights, Chopin was also farsighted about race relations. Perhaps the story “Desiree’s Baby” about the delivery of a mixed-race toddler to 2 “white” dad and mom fine expresses the uneasy courting between blacks and whites within the vintage South, and its strict codes against miscegenation.Chopin’s gifts for capturing the dialects of the location and for telling a compelling tale in memorable vignettes provide the reader with a richly profitable experience.

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.

Bayou Folk written by Kate Chopin who was an American author of short storiesand novels based in Louisiana. This book was published in 1894. And now republish in ebook format. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the quality of the original work. Despite these occasional imperfections, we have brought it back into print as part of our ongoing global book preservation commitment, providing customers with access to the best possible historical reprints. We appreciate your understanding of these occasional imperfections, and sincerely hope you enjoy reading this book.

Bayou Folk written by Kate Chopin who was an American author of short storiesand novels based in Louisiana. This book was published in 1894. And now republish in ebook format. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the quality of the original work. Despite these occasional imperfections, we have brought it back into print as part of our ongoing global book preservation commitment, providing customers with access to the best possible historical reprints. We appreciate your understanding of these occasional imperfections, and sincerely hope you enjoy reading this book.