Books By Kate Chopin, Bernard Koloski - Author

Kate Chopin (1851-1904) was born in St. Louis to an Irish immigrant and a French-Creole mother. Following her husband's death in 1882, she returned to St. Louis to bring up their six children and began to compose and publish sketches. She is best known for her later novel of sexual passion, THE AWAKENING.

Bernard Koloski, Professor of English at Mansfield University, is the author of KATE CHOPIN: A STUDY OF THE SHORT FICTION.