LITTLE BLACK CLASSICS : A PAIR OF SILK STOCKINGS PB – KATE CHOPIN

At night, among the reeds on the bayou, Chicot could still hear the woman s wail, mingled now with the croaking of the frogs… From one of the most daring writers of fin-de-siecle America, five stories of awakening that range from Louisiana s plantations and poverty-stricken bayous to its gilded cities. Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin s 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries. They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th century California and the Russian steppe. Here are stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millions. Kate Chopin (1850-1904). The Awakening and Selected Stories and At Fault are available in Penguin Classics.