Chopin, Kate O'Flaherty (1851-1904) American novelist and short-story
writer best known for her portrayal of Creole life in Louisiana. Chopin did
not begin writing until after her husband's death in 1882; much of her work
was condemned during her lifetime, but her popularity resurged in the 1960s.
Caline (1897) Caline, a young Acadian girl, longs to follow the refined
passengers of a train that stops one day in front of her poor log cabin.
Part of Chopin's collection of short stories, "A Night in Acadie" (1897).
