Bayou Folk and A Night in Acadie are short story collections by Louisiana Creole author Kate Chopin. Many of the stories are set in Natchitoches in north-central Louisiana. The characters in stories are usually residents of Louisiana, and many are Creoles of various ethnic or racial backgrounds. Table of Contents: Bayou Folk: A No-Account Creole In and Out of Old Natchitoches In Sabine A Very Fine Fiddle Beyond the Bayou Old Aunt Peggy The Return of Alcibiade A Rude Awakening The Bênitous' Slave Désirée's Baby A Turkey Hunt Madame Célestin's Divorce Love on the Bon-Dieu Loka Boulôt and Boulotte For Marse Chouchoute A Visit to Avoyelles A Wizard from Gettysburg Ma'ame Pélagie At the 'Cadian Ball La Belle Zoraïde A Gentleman of Bayou Têche A Lady of Bayou St. John A Night in Acadie: A Night in Acadie Athénaïse After the Winter Polydore Regret A Matter of Prejudice Caline A Dresden Lady in Dixie Nég Créol The Lilies Azélie Mamouche A Sentimental Soul Dead Men's Shoes At Chênière Caminada Odalie Misses Mass Cavanelle Tante Cat'rinette A Respectable Woman Ripe Figs Ozème's Holiday
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Kate Chopin. Tales of Louisiana Life
Tales of Louisiana Life
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Bayou Folk
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A NO-ACCOUNT CREOLE
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II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII
IX
IN AND OUT OF OLD NATCHITOCHES
IN SABINE
A VERY FINE FIDDLE
BEYOND THE BAYOU
OLD AUNT PEGGY
THE RETURN OF ALCIBIADE
A RUDE AWAKENING
THE BÊNITOUS' SLAVE
DÉSIRÉE'S BABY
A TURKEY HUNT
MADAME CÉLESTIN'S DIVORCE
LOVE ON THE BON-DIEU
LOKA
BOULÔT AND BOULOTTE
FOR MARSE CHOUCHOUTE
A VISIT TO AVOYELLES
A WIZARD FROM GETTYSBURG
MA'AME PÉLAGIE
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II
III
IV
AT THE 'CADIAN BALL
LA BELLE ZORAÏDE
A GENTLEMAN OF BAYOU TÊCHE
A LADY OF BAYOU ST. JOHN
A Night in Acadie by Kate Chopin
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A Night in Acadie
Athénaïse
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII
IX
X
XI
After the Winter
I
II
III
Polydore
Regret
A Matter of Prejudice
Caline
A Dresden Lady in Dixie
Nég Créol
The Lilies
Azélie
Mamouche
A Sentimental Soul
I
II
III
IV
Dead Men's Shoes
At Chênière Caminada
I
II
III
IV
Odalie Misses Mass
Cavanelle
Tante Cat'rinette
A Respectable Woman
Ripe Figs
Ozème's Holiday
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"And to think of an affront like that going unpunished!" was Maman Chavan's more sympathetic comment.
"Oh, the scholars were only too ready to offer violence to poor little André, but that, you can understand, I would not permit. And now, here is mamma gone completely over to him; entrapped, God only knows how!"
