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Kate Chopin: The Story of An Hour

Born Katherine O'FIaherty into an upper-middle-class family in St. Louis, Kate Chopin married Oscar Chopin when she was twenty years old. She soon after moved into her husband's home in Louisiana. In the ten years that she lived in Louisiana she was aware of and interested in the Creole, Cajun, African American and Indian cultures. This is what influenced Chopin to start writing fiction. She included people of these cultures into her works of literature, especially her short stories.
When her husband died at a very young age from malaria, Chopin eventually decided to returned to St. Louis with her six children to live closer to her mother, who passed away soon after she moved back. Financially secure, she began writing fiction as best she could while taking care of her children alone. Kate became depressed after losing both her husband and her mother in such a short period of time. Her obstetrician, Dr. Frederick Kolbenheyer, who was a......

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