A Matter of Prejudice and Other Stories

The multi-hued world of New Orleans and the bayou is the backdrop for Kate Chopin's entertaining, astute, and beautifully written short stories. With their spirited characters, exotic imagery, and remarkably progressive consciousness, these stories--written between 1880 and 1900--display the stylistic brilliance that has led many critics to hail Kate Chopin as the literary forerunner of such great American writers as Ernest Hemingway.
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