Désirée’s Baby [short story]

“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.
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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