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The Awakening Author/Context

Kate Chopin (1850-1904)

Born Catherine O'Flaherty to Irish and French heredity in St. Louis, Kate Chopin grew up in a privileged world of society and properness.

Closely influenced by the stories and personality of her maternal grandmother, a staunch Creole, she would often hear stories that later found their ways into her writings. Kate graduated from the local St. Louis chapter of the Academy of the Sacred Heart and soon entered society as a socialite, attending parties, dances, and gatherings.

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She seemed to enjoy them, allowing her critical eye to capture them in her work on paper as she created images of such festivities in detail. At the ripe age of 20, Kate married Oscar Chopin, another wealthy Creole and successful cotton broker in Louisiana.

After the couple traveled to Europe on vacation, they returned to the states and moved to the plush 'newer American' side of the big city of New Orleans. They did not want to live a