She wanted something to happen - something, anything: she did not know what.

Kate Chopin

About Kate Chopin

Portrait of Kate Chopin

Kate Chopin (, also US: ; born Katherine O'Flaherty; February 8, 1850 – August 22, 1904) was an American author of short stories and novels based in Louisiana. She is considered by scholars to have been a forerunner of American 20th-century feminist authors of Southern or Catholic background, such as...