A Pair of Silk Stockings

by Kate Chopin

Overview

In "A Pair of Silk Stockings", Mrs. Sommers, a once wealthy woman who has fallen on hard times comes into possession of a small fortune of $15. Planning to spend the money on clothing for her children, she becomes sidetracked at a shop counter, entranced by the smoothness of a pair of silk stockings. She goes on to spend the money on the stockings as well as new boots and gloves for herself. In succumbing to “mechanical impulses that direct her action”, Mrs. Sommers resembles Edna Pontellier, the heroine of Kate Chopin’s later masterpiece The Awakening. First published in Vogue in 1897.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781974996285
Publisher:	Dreamscape Media
Publication date:	03/01/2017
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	66
File size:	316 KB
Age Range:	13 - 18 Years

About the Author

Kate Chopin, born Katherine O'Flaherty (1850 - 1904), was an American writer of short stories and novels. Best known for her novel The Awakening and for her short-story collections Bayou Folk and A Night in Acadie, she is considered to be one of the most important early American feminist writers. Her work depicts the struggles and lives of various ethnic groups in Louisiana with sensitivity and wit and features vivid descriptions of the natural environment there.

Table of Contents

From Bayou Folk (1894)
  Désirée's Baby
  Madame Célestin's Divorce
  At the 'Cadian Ball
  A Gentleman of Bayou Têche
 
From A Night in Acadie (1897)
  A Night in Acadie
  Azélie
  A Respectable Woman
 
From Vogue
  The Dream of an Hour (December 6, 1894)
  A Pair of Silk Stockings (September 16, 1897)