“The neighbours sometimes talked of ‘certain better days’ that little Mrs Sommers had known before she had ever thought of being Mrs Sommers. She herself indulged in no such morbid retrospection. She had no time-no second of time to devote to the past. The needs of the present absorbed her every faculty. A vision ofContinue reading “RKS Literature: The Better Days Once Had by Little Mrs Sommers (Kate Chopin)”
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RKS Literature: Death of Her Husband in a Tragic Railroad Accident (Kate Chopin)
“She did not stop to ask if it were or were not a monstrous joy that held her. A clear and exalted perception enabled her to dismiss the suggestion as trivial. She knew that she would weep again when she saw the kind tender hands folded in death; the face that had never looked savedContinue reading “RKS Literature: Death of Her Husband in a Tragic Railroad Accident (Kate Chopin)”
