Desiree's Baby | Related Titles/Adaptations
Some of the short stories that portray a woman's sexual nature and her situation in marriage include "La Belle Zoraide," "A Respectable Woman," "The Story of an Hour," "The Kiss," "Her Letters," "An Egyptian Cigarette," and "The White Eagle." These stories appear in the collection entitled Bayou Folk, set in Louisiana, and they highlight similar problems and concerns. "La Belle Zoraide," for instance, deals not only with the theme of passion but with the theme of miscegenation; it focuses on the plight of a young mulatto girl who falls in love with a black man and the tragic...
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