'Athenaise,' by Kate Chopin — VOA Learning English
Topics: класика
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Our story today is called "Athenaise." It was written by Kate Chopin. Here is Barbara Klein with the story.
Athenaise went away one morning to visit her parents, ten miles back on the Bon Dieu River in Louisiana. She did not return in the evening, and Cazeau, her husband, was worried.
Cazeau expressed his worries to his servant, Félicité, who served him dinner.
He ate alone by the light of a coal-oil lamp. Félicité stood nearby like a restless shadow.
“Only married two months and she has her head turned already to leave! It is not right!” she said.
Cazeau shrugged his shoulders. Félicité’s opinion of his wife’s behavior after two months of marriage did not matter to him. He was used to being…
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