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.
Madame Celestin's Divorce (1894) The story of a woman who desires to break
with a husband who has left her, but thinks differently when he returns.
This story was collected in "Bayou Folk" (1894).
