Désirée’s Baby [short story]

By Kate Chopin

Subjects: short stories, miscegenation, Louisiana Creoles, quadroons, racism

Description: “Désirée’s Baby” is Kate Chopin’s short story, set before the American Civil War, about a baby and a racial crisis between a husband and wife. For over half a century, it has been one of Chopin’s most popular stories. ([source][1]) ---------- Also contained in: - [Athénaïse](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14943619W) - [The Awakening & Other Stories][2] - [The Awakening and Other Stories](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL65436W) - [The Awakening and Selected Short Fiction][3] - [The Awakening and Selected Short Stories][4] - [The Awakening and Selected Stories][5] - [The Awakening and Selected Stories](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL65435W) - [Awakening and Selected Stories](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL26125409W) - [The Awakening and Selected Stories of Kate Chopin][6] - [The Awakening and Selected Stories of Kate Chopin](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL65434W) - [Bayou Folk][7] - [Complete Works of Kate Chopin](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL65439W) - [Introduction to Literature: Stories](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL18164648W) - [Isaac Asimov Presents the Best Horror and Supernatural of the 19th Century](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL16566610W/Isaac_Asimov_Presents_the_Best_Horror_and_Supernatural_of_the_19th_Century) - [The Kiss and Other Stories][8] - [Librivox Short Story Collection 035](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL24979676W) - [A Pair of Silk Stockings](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20133125W) - [A Pair of Silk Stockings and Other Stories][9] - [Portraits](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL13292134W) - [Short Stories](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL8113206W) - [Storm And Other Stories with The Awakening][10] - [Story and Its Writer: Compact Fourth Edition](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL26150265W) - [World of Difference](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL19859064W) [1]: https://www.katechopin.org/desirees-baby/ [2]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL16551541W/The_Awakening_Other_Stories [3]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL65428W/The_Awakening_and_Selected_Short_Fiction [4]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL65438W/The_Awakening_Beyond_the_Bayou_Ma'ame_Pelagie_Desiree's_Baby_A_Respectable_Woman_The_Kiss_A_Pair_of_ [5]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL16589427W/The_Awakening_and_Selected_Stories [6]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL65429W/The_Awakening_and_Selected_Stories_of_Kate_Chopin [7]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL65441W/Bayou_Folk [8]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL16045260W/The_Kiss_and_Other_Stories [9]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14943660W/A_Pair_of_Silk_Stockings_and_Other_Stories [10]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL65432W/The_Storm_And_Other_Stories_with_The_Awakening