A Pair of Silk Stockings

Kate Chopin — 2015

'At night, among the reeds on the bayou, Chicot could still hear the woman's wail, mingled now with the croaking of the frogs...' From one of the most daring writers of fin-de-siècle America, five stories of awakening that range from Louisiana's plantations and poverty-stricken bayous to its gilded cities. Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries. They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th century California and the Russian steppe. Here are stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millions. Kate Chopin (1850-1904). The Awakening and Selected Stories and At Fault are available in Penguin Classics.

Reviews

rio@lifeindelusions

Jul 24, 2024

i can see more clearly now what could be taken from these stories. you read stories like ‘désirée’s baby’ and think, if people were capable of realizing racism back then, then why are we still here, in the 20th century, and people are still facing the same problems? this, you would think should have had more affect on the people of then rather than now, for these stories are really brave to have been written in the 19th century, but we are still in need of them now as much as we were then, because people are still subjected to harmful discrimination by racist white supremacists. i think ‘a pair of silk stockings’ was such a cute yet heartbreaking story that shows you the simple truth of the world we live in. sometimes we really need that ‘me time’ huh