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30 stories · Selected from the catalog · Page 2 of 2
Kate ChopinA fisherman becomes fixated on a visitor he hears playing the church organ.
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At a Cajun ball, a farmer watches the woman he loves draw the attention of a wealthy planter.
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A plantation store clerk grows attached to a young woman whose family depends on the planter's credit.
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A stopped train brings strangers to Caline's rural home, leaving her curious about the world beyond it.
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A plain waitress mistakes one impulsive kiss for her long-awaited entrance into the glamorous world of romance.
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A gangly schoolmaster courts a farmer’s daughter in a drowsy Hudson Valley town haunted by a headless horseman.
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