The Story of an Hour

The Story of an Hour

1894 • 32 pages

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“The Story of an Hour” is Kate Chopin’s short story about the thoughts of a woman after she is told that her husband has died in an accident. The story first appeared in Vogue in 1894 and is today one of Chopin’s most popular works.
([source][1])


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Also contained in:

- [The Awakening & Other Stories][2]
- [The Awakening and Selected Short Fiction][3]
- [The Awakening and Selected Stories of Kate Chopin][4]
- [The Kiss and Other Stories][5]
- [A Pair of Silk Stockings and Other Stories][6]
- [The Storm And Other Stories with The Awakening][7]
- [A Vocation and a Voice][8]


[1]: https://www.katechopin.org/the-story-of-an-hour/
[2]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL16551541W/The_Awakening_Other_Stories
[3]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL65428W/The_Awakening_and_Selected_Short_Fiction
[4]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL65429W/The_Awakening_and_Selected_Stories_of_Kate_Chopin
[5]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL16045260W/The_Kiss_and_Other_Stories
[6]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14943660W/A_Pair_of_Silk_Stockings_and_Other_Stories
[7]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL65432W/The_Storm_And_Other_Stories_with_The_Awakening
[8]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL65433W/A_Vocation_and_a_Voice

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A very short yet well written short story. I found it pretty interesting how within a short of span of time, we're taken on a bit of rollercoaster ride of emotions felt.

November 11, 2022

8 Pages long and was a great 6 minute read! David N.

March 12, 2022

I read this short story. The story of an hour which took few mins to read. A woman thinking of her future when she hear her husband died. I cannot understand the end of it really. I think I should read again

August 24, 2020

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