Dead Men’s Shoes

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"Dead Men’s Shoes" is a short story by Kate Chopin, included in her 1897 collection *A Night in Acadie*, that explores themes of identity, social expectation, and personal transformation in a Southern setting.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf literary work
short story
author Kate Chopin
collection A Night in Acadie
collectionPublicationPlace Chicago
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
firstPublishedIn A Night in Acadie
genre realist fiction
short fiction
hasAuthorNationality American
hasForm prose
includedIn Kate Chopin short fiction canon
language English
literaryMovement Realism
surface form: American realism

local color fiction
narrativePerspective third-person narration
originalMedium print
partOfAuthorPeriod Kate Chopin’s late career
publicationYear 1897
publisherOfCollection Way and Williams
relatedWorkByAuthor Bayou Folk
The Awakening
settingCountry United States of America
surface form: United States
settingRegion Southern United States
surface form: American South
theme gender roles
identity
individual freedom
marriage
personal transformation
social expectation

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A Night in Acadie hasPart Dead Men’s Shoes