Forgotten Stories
THE STORY OF AN HOUR, Kate Chopin
This is a very short story that is discussed, filmed and anthologized repeateldy if you google it. You can read it right here.
A woman with a heart condition is brought news about the crash of a train that her husband was traveling on. She sits looking out the window, going through various stages of grief and ending up in an unexpected place. I won't tell you how it ends but you might suspect it. A bit of an O' Henry ending but beautifully written and making the interesting observation that we don't always know ourselves well. If you go to You Tube you can see many student productions of it. It must be often assigned.
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I am participating today: "The Sun Rises West" by Oscar J. Friend. http://scottdparker.blogspot.com/2017/09/the-sun-rises-west-by-oscar-j-friend.html
To whom it may concern: Patti and I did not conspire to feature two works by Kate Chopin this week. Cosmic convergence, no doubt. You must trust me on this!
Mine is up, Patti. Running ragged these days. Backwards and forwards. :)
Oh, Kate Chopin! I haven't read her work in a while, and I should remedy that. Thanks for the reminder - and for including my post!
Same sensibility in the story as in the novella. Less controversial, I suppose, because of the absence of adulterous thoughts. Yet the narcissistic impulse comes thru as strong. The writing itself in each is marvelous. Chopin's career plummeted in Awakening's scandalous wake. She tried to recoup by feigning convention in further work. Unsuccessfully, alas.
You could list mine as Nostalgic ramble in retreat from the misery of geniuses...which runs almost as long:
THE COMPLETE [sic] HUMOROUS SKETCHES AND TALES OF MARK TWAIN edited by Charles Neider (Doubleday 1961); STORIES OF MARK TWAIN, recorded by Walter Brennan and Brandon de Wilde (Caedmon Records 1956); OFFICIAL GUIDE TO THE FANTASTICS/FANTASTIC LITERATURE by Michael Resnick (House of Collectibles 1976)
This is a fantastic story, Patti. I clearly remember the twist in the end. Thanks for including my post though the author's surname is St. James and not St. Paul.
Whoops. Thanks
Matt, you are a true scholar.
Just curious, Patti.
Thanks for including my post, Patti. And pointing out the short story by Kate Chopin. A fantastic story and the ending took me by surprise.
I can't find the link to Yvette's review. Is my laptop rebelling?
Never mind, I found it in your blog list (actually, she's in my blog list, too--this has been a strange week).
It disappeared but I redid it.
Glad you liked the story, Tracy.
Tks, Patti. ;)
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