Kiss, The, Kate Chopin
Kiss, The, Kate Chopin
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Kiss, The
Short Stories

Author: Kate Chopin

Narrator: Susie Berneis

Unabridged: 16 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/24/2018

Categories: Fiction, Classic


Synopsis

In The Kiss, a beautiful young woman, Nathalie, has decided to marry the unattractive and uninteresting but very wealthy Mr. Brantain. When an old friend kisses her passionately in front of Mr. Brantain, Nathalie must control the damage done by this kiss in order to reassure Mr. Brantain. This done, the relieved Mr. Brantain proposes to her. At their wedding, her old friend appears and suggests another kiss. Has Nathalie arranged matters perfectly? Or not?

About Kate Chopin

American author Kate Chopin (1850-1904) wrote two novels and about a hundred short stories in the 1890s. Most of her fiction is set in Louisiana and most of her best-known work focuses on the lives of sensitive, intelligent women.

Her short stories were well received in her own time and were published by some of America's most prestigious magazines-Vogue, the Atlantic Monthly, Harper's Young People, Youth's Companion, and the Century. A few stories were syndicated by the American Press Association. Her stories also appeared in her two published anthologies, Bayou Folk and A Night in Acadie, both of which received good reviews from critics across the country. About a third of her stories are children's stories-those published in or submitted to children's magazines or those similar in subject or theme to those that were. By the late 1890s, she was well known among American readers of magazine fiction.

Her early novel At Fault had not been much noticed by the public, but The Awakening was widely condemned. Critics called it morbid, vulgar, and disagreeable. Willa Cather, who would become a well-known twentieth-century American author, labeled it trite and sordid. Chopin's third anthology of stories, to have been called A Vocation and a Voice, was for unknown reasons cancelled by the publisher and did not appear as a separate volume until 1991.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Melissa

a collection of odd stories, all vaguely feminist and most featuring the antebellum south depicted in a weird way that seems anti-slavery but also not? found the godmother a bit uncomfortable in that respect, but i thought desiree’s baby was really clever. all but the godmother are EXTREMELY short,......more

Goodreads review by Emily

I like Chopin’s style of writing, but these stories were too short for me to fully enjoy. Anyways here are my individual thoughts: - [ ] the kiss - too short. - [ ] Desiree’s baby -probably my favourite of the lot but still not anything amazing. The plot had more substance than other stories and I had......more

Goodreads review by Raf

Personal ranking: 1. The Story of an Hour 2. Désirée's Baby 3. The Unexpected 4. The Godmother 5. The Kiss I will make this as short as the stories included: Kate Chopin's writing felt very modern and didn't come off as a difficult read. The twists weren't what I expected at all - that's a great thing! Th......more