| Desiree's Baby Contributor(s): Chopin, Kate (Author) |
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ISBN: 1545033323 ISBN-13: 9781545033326 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $6.17 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.05" H x 5" W x 7.99" (0.08 lbs) 26 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Desiree's Baby BY Kate Chopin is about the daughter of Monsieur and Madame Valmond , who are wealthy French Creoles in antebellum Louisiana. Abandoned as a baby, Desiree was found by Monsieur Valmond lying in the shadow of a stone pillar near the Valmond gateway. She is courted by the son of another wealthy, well-known and respected French Creole family, Armand. They marry and have a child. People who see the baby have the sense it is different. Eventually they realize that the baby's skin is the same color as a quadroon (one-quarter African)-the baby has African ancestry. At the time of the story, this would have been considered a problem for a person believed to be white. |