"The Story of an Hour" was adapted into a 56-minute video in 1985, titled Kate Chopin: The Joy That Kills. This adaptation can be found through Films for the Humanities & Sciences.

An audio cassette of "The Story of an Hour" is also available, released by Books in Motion in 1992.

Sources

Bender, Bert, "Kate Chopin's Lyrical Short Stories," Studies in Short Fiction, Vol XI, no. 3, Summer 1974, pp. 257-66.

Ewell, Barbara C., Kate Chopin, Ungar Publishing Company, 1986.

Larsson, Donald F., "Kate Chopin," in Magill's Critical Survey of Short Fiction, edited by Frank N. Magill, Salem Press, 1981, pp. 1131-36.

Pattee, Fred Lewis, "The Triumph of the Short Story," in his A History of American Literature Since 1870, Cooper Square Publishers, 1968, pp. 355-84.

Seyersted, Per, Kate Chopin: A Critical Biography, Louisiana State University Press, 1969.

Further Reading

Twentieth-Century Literature Criticism, Vol. 14, Gale Research, 1984.

This volume offers a helpful introduction along with previously published critiques of Chopin's work, showcasing both favorable and unfavorable perspectives.