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Kate Chopins Story of An Hour

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The Story of an Hour is a work of short fiction by southern regionalist writer Kate Chopin . Originally published in Vogue magazine in 1984 , this widely read story by Chopin did not receive strong recognition until it was rediscovered during the height of the feminist movement back in the 1960 's . This work of the author greatly reflects and represents Chopin 's personal view on women 's roles in society which very much shocked her reading audience at the time

. As a writer , Chopin was highly influenced by the southern environment she grew in . She was raised in a household of intelligent , independent , pioneering women for she was raised by her French-Creole mother and grandmother (who was the first woman in Kansas to be legally separated from her husband ) after being orphaned of her father at the young age of four . Toth in her biography notes that Chopin .also smoked cigarettes in public and revelled in wandering around alone , drinking beer ' Like in many of her other writings , in The Story of an Hour she illustrates to the reader [some of] the concerns faced by women and their plight to have their own identity

The Story of an Hour is a story set in the late 19th century when women 's duties were basically to keep house , bear children and present themselves as faithful loving wives and not much more . It tells the story of a married southern woman , Louise...

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