The plot of the story "The Story of an Hour"

    "The Story of an Hour" is a short story by Kate Chopin. The work is one of her most famous short works, partly because of its surprise ending. 

    The short story describes the series of emotions Louise Mallard endures after hearing of the death of her husband, who was believed to have died in a railroad disaster. Mrs. Mallard suffers from heart problems; therefore, her sister attempts to inform her of the horrific news in a gentle way. Mrs. Mallard locks herself in her room to immediately mourn the loss of her husband. However, she begins to feel an unexpected sense of exhilaration. "Free! Body and soul free!" is what she believes is a benefit of his death, until she discovers her husband standing in the doorway of their house, alive. The shock of seeing her living husband proves too much for her heart and kills her.

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The author of this story

Kate Chopin was an American author of short stories and novels. She was born February 8, 1850 in Katherine O'Flaherty. Now she is considered by some to have been a forerunner of the feminist authors of the 20th century.

Her father, Thomas O'Flaherty, was a successful businessman who had emigrated from Galway, Ireland. Her mother, Eliza Faris, was a well-connected member of the French community in St. Louis. Her maternal grandmother, Athénaïse Charleville, was of French Canadian descent. Some of her ancestors were among the first European inhabitants of Dauphin Island, Alabama. She was the third of five children, but her sisters died in infancy and her brothers (from her father's first marriage) in their early twenties. She was thus the only child to live past the age of twenty-five. After her father's death in 1855, Chopin developed a close relationship with her mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. She also became an avid reader of fairy tales, poetry, and religious allegories, as well as classic and contemporary novels.

  
     From 1892 to 1895,      she wrote short stories  for both children and  adults which were  published in such  magazines as Atlantic  Monthly, Vogue, The  Century Magazine, and  The Youth's  Companion.


 

                                                                          

The most famous stories are:

"The Awakening "

"Bayou Folk"

"The Story of an Hour"

"Regret"

"At Fault"

"The Storm"

Here are some short biography about author.
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Some interesting quoters by Kate Chopin...

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Hi, my dear friends! Thanks for visiting my blog and reading my first of many blog posts. It's my first blogging experience. I think that is a great opportunity to reflect our impression, thought on stories. I like to read and want to share with you interesting stories and own stylistic analyses to them.