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This episode is dedicated to Olivia

and brought to you by Crystal Candelabra. Tonight, we'll read the short story, Mam Pelagie.

Written by Kate Chopin.

Chopin was an American author of short stories and novels based in Louisiana.

Her major works were two short story collections of which this story is found and two novels.

One of those novels, The Awakening, is what she is best known for today.

Snuscast read an excerpt back in 2019, but it has been much too long since we have read any more from this author.

Kate Chopin lived in a variety of locations based on different economies and societies.

These were sources of insights and observations

from which she analyzed and expressed her ideas

about late 19th century Southern American society.

She based many of her stories and sketches on her life in Louisiana.

They expressed her unusual portrayals for the time of women as individuals with

separate wants and needs. and meats. Let's get cozy. Close your eyes. Close your body.

eyes.

Relax your body into the softness of your body

into the softness of your bed.

Now, take a few deep breaths.

One, when the 1. When the war began, there stood on Coate Joyus, an imposing mansion of red brick shaped like the pantheon.

A grove of majestic live oak surrounded it.

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