A Study Guide for Kate Chopin's "A Pair of Silk Stockings," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Short Stories for Students. This concise study guide includes plot s

Mrs. Louise Mallard, afflicted with a heart condition, reflects on the death of her husband from the safety of her locked room. Originally published in Vogue ma

Desiree's Baby BY Kate Chopin is about the daughter of Monsieur and Madame Valmond�, who are wealthy French Creoles in antebellum Louisiana. Abandoned as a ba