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Modern · Fiction

Bayou Folk

by Kate Chopin. A canonical or canon-adjacent work by Kate Chopin examining gender, desire, freedom; included to broaden the catalog’s historical, literary, or intellectual coverage.

Date
1894
Origin
United States
Era
Modern
Genre
Fiction
Difficulty
Moderate
Length
Medium
Collection
The Western Canon

Subjects and themes

Why it matters

A canonical or canon-adjacent work by Kate Chopin examining gender, desire, freedom; included to broaden the catalog’s historical, literary, or intellectual coverage.

This work is included in the collection on the basis of expanded synthesis: bloom / great books / modern library / revised canon. Its cataloged influence level is 4 out of 5.