Desiree's Baby

Desiree's Baby BY Kate Chopin is about the daughter of Monsieur and Madame Valmond?, who are wealthy French Creoles in antebellum Louisiana. Abandoned as a baby, Desiree was found by Monsieur Valmond? lying in the shadow of a stone pillar near the Valmond? gateway. She is courted by the son of another wealthy, well-known and respected French Creole family, Armand. They marry and have a child. People who see the baby have the sense it is different. Eventually they realize that the baby's skin is the same color as a quadroon (one-quarter African)-the baby has African ancestry. At the time of the story, this would have been considered a problem for a person believed to be white.

• | Author: Kate Chopin
• | Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• | Publication Date: Apr 01, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 24 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1545033323
• | ISBN-13: 9781545033326