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How would you compare Kate Chopin's writing style with other authors of her time?

Kate Chopin's writing is extremely direct. Her pointed writing style is atypical for writers of her time period. "Desiree's Baby" begins without fanfare, "As the day was pleasant, Madame Valmonde drove over to L'Abri to see Desiree and the baby." Simple statements like this one allow the reader to simply read her stories without fear of being lost or confused. This style is a departure from the Senecan ambling of Thomas Hardy or Oscar Wilde, other late Victorian authors.