Grade 9 English

1. The Story of an Hour
Prepared by Ms. Rose June V. LocsinPrepared by Ms. Rose June V. Locsin

2. Kate Chopin

3. Kate Chopin (1850-1904)
Real Name: Katherine O’Flaherty
Date of Birth: Feb. 8, 1850
Father: Thomas O’ Flaherty
Mother: Eliza Flaris
Lineage: Irish-French
Nationality: American
Residence: St. Louis, Missouri

4. Husband: Oscar Chopin
Profession: businessman
Date of Marriage: June 9, 1870
Number of Children: six
Pseudonym: Kate Chopin
Profession: writer
Genre(s): Short Story;
Novel Subjects: Strong Women;

5.  As a girl, she was mentored by women—by
her mother, her grandmother, and her great
grandmother, as well as by the Sacred Heart
nuns.
 In 1855, her father was killed in a railroad
accident.
 Nine years after their marriage, Oscar
Chopin’s business became bankrupt.

6.  Upon Oscar’s death in 1882, 32-year-old
Kate became a widow who had six children
to raise.
 Together with her six children, she moved
back to her own family in Missouri.
 Having been encouraged to write by Dr.
Frederick Kolbenheyer, her obstetrician and
a family friend, Kate began to write.

7.  1890 - “At Fault”, Kate’s first novel, was
published privately.
 1894 - Kate wrote “Lilacs” and “Her Letters”;
“The Story of an Hour” and “A Respectable
Woman” appeared in Vogue; “Bayou Folk”
was published.

8.  Still in 1894, Kate Chopin made a comment
about the importance of describing "human
existence in its subtle, complex, true
meaning, stripped of the veil with which
ethical and conventional standards have
draped it“. She also believed that "truth
rests upon a shifting basis and is apt to be
kaleidoscopic“.
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