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The Life of Kate Chopin:
1851 |
February 8--Katherine O'Flaherty was born to Thomas O'Flaherty, an Irish immigrant, and Eliza Faris, a Creole. |
1855 |
Kate's
father dies in a train accident. Kate begins school at Academy of the Sacred Heart. |
1863 |
Kate's
great-grandmother, Victoire Verdon Charlesville, dies. Kate's half-brother, George O'Flaherty, a Confederate soldier, dies of typhoid fever. |
1868 |
Kate graduates from the Academy of the Sacred Heart. |
1869 |
Kate visits New Orleans in the spring. |
1870 |
June
9--Kate marries Oscar Chopin on in St. Louis. Their honeymoon in Europe is cut short by the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War. October--The couple moves to New Orleans. |
1871 |
May 22--Jean Chopin is born. |
1873 |
Oscar Chopin Jr. is born. |
1874 |
The Chopins move to the Garden District of New Orleans, and visit Grand Isle in the summer. |
1879 |
Oscar's
cotton business fails, and the Chopins move to Cloutierville, Louisiana. |
1882 |
December 10--Oscar dies. |
1884 |
Kate moves to St. Louis. |
1885 |
June--Eliza O'Flaherty, Kate's mother, dies. |
1888 |
Kate writes her poem, "If it Might Be," and begins the story, "Euphraisie." |
1889 |
"If It Might Be" is published in the literary and political journal America. Two stories, "Wiser than a God" and "A Point at Issue" are published in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. |
1890 |
Kate's first novel, At Fault, is published privately. |
1891 |
Kate unsuccessfully submits the novel Young Dr. Gosse to several publishers. She later destroys the manuscript. |
1893 |
"Désirée's Baby" is published in Vogue. |
1894 |
Bayou Folk is published. Kate writes "Story of an Hour." |
1895 |
"Athénaise" is written. |
1896 |
"Athénaise" is published. |
1897 |
A Night
in Acadie is published. June--Kate begins work on The Awakening. |
1898 |
January--Kate completes The Awakening. |
1899 |
The Awakening is published, and is met with scathing reviews. |
1900 |
Kate
writes "The Gentleman from New Orleans." |
1904 |
August 18--Kate visits the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, and suffers from a stroke. She dies two days later. |
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