Just Listen Podcast: The Story of an Hour
"The Story of an Hour," by Kate Chopin, was controversial by American standards of the 1890s because it features a female protagonist who feels liberated by the news of her husband's death. In her book\xa0Unveiling Kate Chopin, Emily Toth\xa0argues that Chopin "'had to have her heroine die'\xa0in order to make the story publishable."\xa0 \u201cThe Story of an Hour\u201d is considered by many to be a hallmark of early feminist fiction.