Bayou Folk Chopin Kate
Bayou Folk Chopin Kate Bayou Folk (1894) is a short story collection by American author Kate Chopin. Bayou Folk collects twenty-three of her stories. Chopin, a pioneering feminist and gifted writer,…
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Bayou Folk Chopin Kate
Bayou Folk (1894) is a short story collection by American author Kate Chopin. Bayou Folk collects twenty-three of her stories. Chopin, a pioneering feminist and gifted writer, sought to portray the experiences of Southern women and ethnic minorities struggling to survive in an era decimated by war and economic hardship.
Traumatized with memories of the war, she has spent her entire life on one side of the bayou. "Beyond the Bayou" is the story of La Folle, a thirty-five year old black woman living on the outskirts of a Louisiana plantation. From her modest cabin, she entertains visits from the owner of Bellissime plantation and his young children.
La Folle holds a special fondness for Ch ri, the owner's young son, whom she entertains with stories of a world she has seldom, if ever, seen, a world "beyond the bayou." When a terrible accident occurs, however, she is