Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. NOTE XIII
3. CONTENTS XV
4. ILLUSTRATIONS XVII
5. Part I. KATE CHOPIN
6. INTRODUCTION 3
7. I. AN AMBITIOUS LITTLE METROPOLIS ST. LOUIS, 1851 6
8. II. A CELTIC FATHER AND A CREOLE MOTHER 16
9. III. A WRITER BORN TO MISSOURI 28
10. IV. A GENTLE ENIGMA 43
11. V. THE HONEYMOON DIARY 58
12. VI. THE NEW ORLEANS DECADE 1870-1880 79
13. VII. THE CHATELAINE OF CLOUTIERVILLE 98
14. VIII. ST. LOUIS, 1883 AT FAULT 105
15. IX. BAYOU FOLK AND OTHER STORIES 130
16. Χ. LITERARY COMMENTS AND CRITICAL OPINIONS 141
17. XI. A NIGHT IN ACADIE 161
18. XII. THE AWAKENING 171
19. XIII. TO THE LAST, 1904 185
20. Part II. SHORT STORIES
21. 1. WISER THAN A GOD 199
22. 2. AN EMBARRASSING POSITION 210
23. 3. THE DREAM OF AN HOUR 223
24. 4. LILACS 226
25. 5. TWO PORTRAITS 240
26. 6. VAGABONDS 245
27. 7. THE RECOVERY 248
28. 8. THE BLIND MAN 252
29. 9. SUZETTE 255
30. 10. A FAMILY AFFAIR 259
31. 11. THE GODMOTHER 274
32. BIBLIOGRAPHY 296
33. A LIST OF KATE CHOPIN’S WRITINGS 299
34. INDEX 309
35. Backmatter 326