Bayou Folk: "Short-story Collection That Established Kate Chopin As one of the America's best-loved realist writers"
Oct 2024 · E-Kitap Projesi & Cheapest Books
Ebook
200
Pages
family_home
Eligible
info
reportRatings and reviews aren’t verified Learn More
About this ebook
Bayou Folk is a Chopin's classic book containing of 23 masterpiece 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.Kate Chopin (18501904) is an American writer best known for her stories about the inner lives of sensitive, daring women. Her novel The Awakening and her short stories are read today in countries around the world, and she is widely recognized as one of Americas essential authors.Her short stories were well received in in the 1890s and were published by some of Americas most prestigious magazinesVogue, the Atlantic Monthly, Harpers Young People, the Youths Companion, and the Century. A few stories were syndicated by the American Press Association. Many of her stories also appeared in her two published collections, Bayou Folk(1894) and A Night in Acadie (1897), both of which received good reviews from critics across the country who praised them for their graceful descriptions of the lives of Creoles, Acadians, African-Americans, and other people in Louisiana. Twenty-six of her stories are childrens storiesthose published in or intended for childrens or family magazinesthe Youths Companion and others. By the late 1890s Kate Chopin was well known among American readers of magazine fiction.
About the author
Kate Chopin (1850 1904) was an American author of short stories and novels based in Louisiana. She is considered by scholars to have been a forerunner of American 20th-century feminist authors of Southern or Catholic background, such as Zelda Fitzgerald, and she is among the most frequently read and recognized writers of Louisiana Creole heritage. She is best known today for her 1899 novel The Awakening.
Rate this ebook
Tell us what you think.
Reading information
Smartphones and tablets
Install the Google Play Books app for Android and iPad/iPhone. It syncs automatically with your account and allows you to read online or offline wherever you are.
Laptops and computers
You can listen to audiobooks purchased on Google Play using your computer's web browser.
eReaders and other devices
To read on e-ink devices like Kobo eReaders, you'll need to download a file and transfer it to your device. Follow the detailed Help Center instructions to transfer the files to supported eReaders.
