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4 unusual facts about Kate Chopin


Children of Light

Gordon, an alcoholic drug addict whose wife has left him and who has a bad relationship with his children, goes to Mexico to crash the making of a movie version of Kate Chopin's The Awakening that Lu Anne is starring in, and discovers that she has gone off of her medication in an attempt to more fully embody her character.

Kate Chopin

By the early 1890s, Kate Chopin was writing short stories, articles, and translations which appeared in periodicals, including the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

Louisiana Public Broadcasting, under president Beth Courtney, produced a documentary on Chopin's life Kate Chopin: A Reawakening.

The Angel in the House

Adèle Ratignolle, a character in Kate Chopin's novel The Awakening, is a literary example of the angel in the house.


Peignoir

A peignoir is said to be also worn by Miss Edna Pontellier, protagonist of the novel The Awakening by Kate Chopin.

The Joy That Kills

The Joy that Kills is a 1984 television film adaptation of Kate Chopin's short story "The Story of an Hour."


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