Kate Chopin Biography + comments on her writing.

Kate Chopin Katherine O'Flaherty Chopin was born February 8, 1850 in St. Louis, MO. The daughter of an Irish father and a French Creole mother, the O'Flaherty's were members of the creole social elite and were fairly well off. When Kate was very young, her father Thomas died in a work-related accident. He left behind a family of four generations of women all living in the same house. Kate was very close to her great-grandmother, Madame Charleville, …

…attractive man who stirs her blood. Where this causes a marital breakup in "The Awakening," the main character in "The Storm" emerges from her one-night stand refreshed, invigorated, and better than before. It may seem a little unrealistic, but it clearly reflects Chopin's sexually-liberated views. Kate Chopin wrote what she wanted to write and did not care who read it. I think we should all try to have a little Kate in all of us.