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ⓘ About Kate Chopin
Kate Chopin is a fiction author best known for her debut novel “The Awakening” and several short stories. She was born in St. Louis in 1850 to a French Creole mother and an immigrant Irish father. Her father was part of the elite in the city and was of middle-class extraction. The family had a tradition of living together in the same house and Kate remembers that as a child she had four generations of women in the same house. Growing up, she was very close to Madame Charleville her maternal great grandmother that was the person that introduced her to storytelling. From her grandmother, she heard risqué and elaborate stories told in the French language a Madame Charleville did not speak a word of English.
All Book Series by Kate Chopin
A Shameful Affair and Other Stories
Series opener · book 1 of 18 · published 1891
Bayou Folk and A Night in Acadie and Other Stories
Book 15 of 18 · published 2013
The Storm, Dead Men's Shoes and Other Short Stories
Book 17 of 18 · published 2015
Persuasion
Series opener · book 1 of 40 · published 1818 Anthology · Jane Austen
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
Book 3 of 40 · published 1861 Anthology · Harriet Ann Jacobs
Lady Audley's Secret
Book 4 of 40 · published 1862 Anthology · Mary Elizabeth Braddon
The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Writings
Book 5 of 40 · published 1892 Anthology · Charlotte Perkins Gilman
The Goodness of St. Rocque: And Other Stories
Book 7 of 40 · published 1899 Anthology · Alice Dunbar-Nelson
The Custom of the Country
Book 8 of 40 · published 1913 Anthology · Edith Wharton
Regiment of Women
Book 10 of 40 · published 1917 Anthology · Clemence Dane,Melissa Broder
The Heads of Cerberus
Book 11 of 40 · published 1919 Anthology · Francis Stevens
Powder And Patch / The Transformation of Philip Jettan
Book 12 of 40 · published 1923 Anthology · Georgette Heyer
A Daughter of the Samurai
Book 13 of 40 · published 1925 Anthology · Etsu Inagaki Sugimoto
The Return of the Soldier
Book 19 of 40 · published 1970 Anthology · Rebecca West
The Selected Poetry
Book 20 of 40 · published 2002 Anthology · Edna St. Vincent Millay,Olivia Gatwood,Nancy Milford
Love, Anger, Madness: A Haitian Trilogy
Book 21 of 40 · published 2010 Anthology · Marie Vieux-Chauvet
Narrative Of Sojourner Truth
Book 23 of 40 · published 2019 Anthology · Sojourner Truth,Oliver Gilbert
There Is Confusion
Book 24 of 40 · published 2020 Anthology · Jessie Redmon Fauset
The Collected Poems of Chika Sagawa
Book 26 of 40 · published 2020 Anthology · Sawako Nakayasu,Chika Sagawa
The Squatter and the Don
Book 27 of 40 · published 2021 Anthology · Ana Castillo,María Amparo Ruiz de Burton
Mrs. Spring Fragrance: and Other Writings
Book 28 of 40 · published 2021 Anthology · C Pam Zhang,Sui Sin Far
The Southern Woman: Selected Fiction
Book 29 of 40 · published 2021 Anthology · Elizabeth Spencer
The Princess of 72nd Street
Book 30 of 40 · published 2024 Anthology · Elaine Kraf
I Am Clarence
Book 31 of 40 · published 2025 Anthology · Sarah Manguso,Elaine Kraf
Lolly Willowes or, the loving huntsman
Book 32 of 40 · published 2025 Anthology · Sylvia Townsend Warner
Plum Bun Without a Moral
Book 34 of 40 · published 2025 Anthology · Jessie Redmon Fauset
Nothing Grows by Moonlight
Book 36 of 40 · published 2026 Anthology · Torborg Nedreaas
The Collected Stories of Katherine Mansfield
Book 38 of 40 · published 2026 Anthology · Katherine Mansfield,Sloane Crosley
Goodbye, Ramona
Latest in the series · book 40 of 40 · published 2026 Anthology · Montserrat Roig
Life Is Short – Art Is Shorter: In Praise of Brevity
Book 9 of 10 · published 2015
Classic Women's Short Stories
Latest in the series · book 10 of 10 · published 2020
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Kate Chopin?
Kate Chopin is a fiction author best known for her debut novel “The Awakening” and several short stories. She was born in St. Louis in 1850 to a French Creole mother and an immigrant Irish father. Her father was part of the elite in the city and was of middle-class extraction.
Which Kate Chopin series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Modern Library Torchbearers series, the earliest of Kate Chopin's multi-book series: it opens with Persuasion (1818) and runs to 40 books across 1818–2026, ending with Goodbye, Ramona (2026).
How many books has Kate Chopin written?
Kate Chopin has 75 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1818 and 2026. 40 of them belong to 1 named series — the largest being the Modern Library Torchbearers series with 40 books — and 35 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Kate Chopin's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Kate Chopin's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Modern Library Torchbearers (1818–2026, 40 books).
How are Kate Chopin's books organised into series?
This guide splits Kate Chopin's 75 books into 1 named series and 35 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Modern Library Torchbearers (40 books, 1818–2026).