She even translated eight of his stories, but no publisher would consider her proposal to publish a book-length collection of his fiction. Image courtesy of New York Public Library Digital Collections.įebruary 8 marks the 166th anniversary of Kate Chopin’s birth.ĭuring the early 1890s, inspired by the stories of French author Guy de Maupassant, Chopin began to expand her repertoire beyond the tales of “local color” for which she was famous. “A Pair of Silk Stockings,” Kate Chopin Kate Chopin (1850–1904)įrom Kate Chopin: Complete Novels & Stories 1906 advertisement for Onyx-brand hosiery sold at Lord & Taylor, New York, with illustration by F.
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