的作者是?写作背景,写作时间?

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的作者是?写作背景,写作时间?

的作者是?写作背景,写作时间?
的作者是?写作背景,写作时间?

的作者是?写作背景,写作时间?
是The Story of an Hour.
背景
By the late 1880s,Kate was writing short stories,articles,and translations which appeared in periodicals,most notably Atlantic Monthly,Criterion,Harper's Young People,The Saint Louis Dispatch,The Story of an Hour,and Vogue.She became known as a regional local-color writer,but her literary qualities were overlooked.
情节
The main character is Mrs.Mallard,who has a heart condition.One day,Mr.Mallard's friend,Richards,learns that Mr.Mallard has died in a railroad disaster.Mrs.Mallard's sister Josephine tries to break the news to Mrs.Mallard softly because of her heart condition.
Upon hearing the news,Mrs.Mallard begins weeping,a reaction that Chopin notes as different from most women,who would refuse to believe it.Mrs.Mallard soon locks herself in a room with a window,hurls herself into a large chair,and,sobbing,gazes out at the world bustling around her.Soon,her sobs turn to gasps.She approaches a climactic,sexual moment where "her bosom rose and fell tumultuously" as she embraces freedom and joy in the world.
She turns the word "free" over in her mouth,whispering it with zest.Josephine,her sister,arrives at the door,begging her sister - now referred to not as Mrs.Mallard,but rather as "Louise" - to emerge.As Louise comes out,she carries herself like the "Goddess of Victory",and descends the stairs with her sister.As the two move to the bottom of the stairs,we see a literal manifestation of the story's dénouement.Yet before the two fully descend the steps,the door swings open to reveal Brently Mallard,Louise's supposedly dead husband.
Richards flings himself in the way to hide the apparition from Mrs.Mallard,but is too late.She sees her living husband,and her freedom is ripped from her arms.This sudden tragedy,the reader is led to believe,kills her.However,the doctors on the scene diagnose her as having collapsed from a "joy that kills",an overt jab at men's inability to understand women.