#73 Desiree’s Baby- Kate Chopin
A story such as this about race, slavery, and miscegenation written so plaintively by a woman was certainly ahead of its time. The story itself isn’t a particular fun one to read however.
Desiree, an orphan foundling marries a proper gentleman Armand Aubignys. They were in love and seemed to have a good marriage. “This was the way that all Aubignys fell in love, as if struck by a pistol shot.”
They were slave owners, and very strict ones at that. When the baby comes, Armand’s demeanor softens until it comes to light that the child is of mixed race, and life turns upside down. He blames her for having an impure bloodline, it turns out to be his family that is less pure.
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