Kate
Chopin
(1850
–
1904)
Born
in St
Louis,
Missouri,
USA.
Educated
in St
Louis,
she
wrote
At
Fault
(1890),
Bayou
Folk
(1894),
A
Night
in
Acadie
(1897),
The
Awakening
(1899).
A green and yellow parrot, which hung in a cage outside the door, kept repeating over and over: Allez vous-en! Allez vous-en! Sapristi! That’s all right!
